We do have a robotic vacuum who we have personified somewhat... the Cat ignores it, the Dog was constantly needing to nip at it, but backed off anytime it changed course when it was near her. It is far from Rosie (Jetsons). But I suppose I might upgrade to Astro.
A friend made the observation not that long ago, that the legacy of Homo Faber has been to constantly create technology to replace ourselves. First it was a more robust/warmer skin cover, better cutting/rending items than our teeth and claws, augmentation of heavy labor, transportation, etc... now we have machines we hope will think for us and make better decisions. And by machines, I don't mean *just* mechanical devices, but also systems including human-facilitated bureaucracy/governing, etc. It seems like in the limit it makes posthumanism (human extinction) the ultimate outcome? > "Bandwidth" sounds as if there are robots among us who are listening. > Amazon offers now an "Astro" robot - a tablet attached to a vacuum > cleaner body. What do you think of it, would you buy one? ZDNet says > it costs about $1500 > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078NSDFSB > > -J. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Jon Zingale <jonzing...@gmail.com> > Date: 9/30/21 01:04 (GMT+01:00) > To: friam@redfish.com > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A pretty cellular automata video > > "...but I won't waste anyone's bandwidth with my reflective rambling..." > Wait, no, please, more reflective rambling. > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
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