From: Terry Donaghe (Terry@Donaghe.com)
Date: Thu Feb 08 2001 - 14:53:41 MST
Try this link (though the one below is for an *interesting* story as well)
;)
http://www.newscientist.com/features/features.jsp?id=ns22771
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of J. R. Molloy
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 1:42 PM
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: ROBOT: Jobs for the bots
>
>
> I like this development, because unlike most AI projects, it
> makes bots
> practical, appealing, and potentially very profitable. Now, that's
> extropic.
>
>
> http://www.newscientist.com/news/newsletter.jsp?id=ns227731
> They're mobile, they're autonomous and they're right outside
> your door.
> After years of hype and crushing failure, robots are ready to start
> serving us in our homes. You can already buy one to mow your lawn.
> Vacuuming and polishing are next. OK, all-purpose domestic servants
> they're not. But they're real robots and their only desire is
> to make your
> life easier. The second generation will water plants, fix
> toilets and even
> fetch beers from the fridge. You'll wonder how you ever lived without
> them.
>
> τΏτ
>
> Stay hungry,
>
> --J. R.
>
> Useless hypotheses: consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy,
> vitalism, mind,
> free will
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