I’ve been on a retro-kick recently, and I’ve been listening to some Isaac Asimov books on Audible.
During the Robot series there is a constant theme of some people distrusting robots. Despite being brought up on a diet of films where robots turn bad, I’ve never really shared this feeling.
Anyway, I thought I would test my brother’s family by showing them this video by Boston Dynamics.
My nephews were intrigued, but not totally phased by it. One said something to the tune of, it moves like a man in a suit, but it’s clearly not. My sister-in-law had a very negative reaction. She was wincing and saying it was horrible. It seems these robots are already “too human” for her tastes.
So in this regard, the predictions made by Isaac Asimov when he started to write about robots in the 1940’s were spot on. It’s going to take a lot of adjustment for some humans to feel comfortable around humanoid robots.
I, for one, welcome our killer robot overlords! 🙂
The star of today’s video is Francesco Tisiot, who for some reason is incapable of understand the virtues of putting pineapple on pizza, or snapping spaghetti in half so it fits in the pan!