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Article #624971Re: 1958 Crisis in education
From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:27
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:27
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On 17 Jul 2018 10:14:19 GMT Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: > On 2018-07-17, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: > > On 17 Jul 2018 07:09:57 GMT > > maus <ma...@mail.com> wrote: > > > >> I am unimpressed with computers in real life. a local expert in AI was > >> interviewed a couple of weeks ago on radio. He pointed out that if > >> the is a water leak in your house, you will call a plumber, and that > >> job can not be taken by AI. > > > > Hmm that is far from clear, an AI with suitable tools could > > make an excellent plumber in the not too distant future. > > I'm quite happy to wager an evening's drinking that we'll both be long > dead before that happens. Not because of the AI part, but because of the > robotics part, Boston Dynamics notwithstanding. A good robot plumber wouldn't be even remotely humanoid, or even single bodied. It needs to cut and pull pipes (copper and PEX), fit connectors and valves and connect pipes to appliances, find and diagnose leaks - I'd expect it all to start with plumbers helpers in the form of small specialised robots that can get into confined spaces to work on pipes and fittings. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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