> > > > > > > let's imagine a simulation of large childlike legos! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the legos are huge, 1 foot by 2 feet. they're lightweight. they > > > > > > > snap > > > > > > > onto each other in shared 1ft square connection surfaces > > > > > > > > > > > > we could consider a robot arm tasked with manipulating these legos > > > > > > > > > > in the wild robot movie, the goose that was raised by a robot (which > > > > > itself learned goose noises which the movie translated) learned to > > > > > speak like a robot, different from all the other geese. > > > > > it would wander around going "processing!" "planning motion path for > > > > > worms!" or whatever > > > > > > i took one class on robotics as an undergrad elective. there was a > > > smart guy in the class but mostly it was a normal class, which is > > > normal for classes everyone sits and takes notes and then a test > > > repeat. it had a big thick book but i'm not sure if it really covered > > > _that_ much it was mostly for factory robots. mostly i remember > > > solving matrix equations for inverse kinematics. > > > > > > when exposed to academics one learns to formalize everything into > > > linear numeric structures like matrices; things designed for > > > leveraging simple approaches to problems at large scales in consistent > > > ways. prior to this i did inverse kinematics with sines and cosines > > > > if taking classes on a topic i recommend one find a quality free > > course from a highly-respected institution like those from mit > > opencourseware https://ocw.mit.edu/ . i took a linear algebra class > > from opencourseware and was quite satisfied that it tought to me think > > of matrices in all these different equivalent ways so that i could > > hold and choose among them fairly, and then went on to eigenvectors > > and stuff . i then took a linear algebra class from a public > > institution and it only covered maybe an eighth of the material and > > only in one specific approach, despite being the analogous class. > > ignore your course materials, go online and find a better class and > > then pass the tests cause you actually know it > > that was for the heartbeat app :D the test of freedom i never passed in 2013
i should put notes on that somewhere > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > robot arm: "lego is at 39 degrees! turning 39 degrees to the left! > > > > > raising arm!" > > > > > > > > [i guess that movie could have gone deeper into how logic systems > > > > could evolve caringness and meanings of life and stuff [oops part > > > > dropped] but it was a big stretch for them already to trick the robot > > > > into raising a goose
