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Dogs Are Perfectly Happy To Socialize With Robots
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| 09.12.2013 at 3:05 pm
| By Shaunacy Ferro
Posted on 09/16/2013 7:43:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:43:17 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:44:46 AM PDT
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HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: BenLurkin
They’ll h... just about anything.
To: Sacajaweau
“They were better at finding hidden food in the room when the social robot pointed to it, rather than the asocial one, though neither held a candle to the results when a human pointed to the food.”
Ultimately man is still dog’s best friend. The robots are being over hyped.
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:46:12 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: BenLurkin
I wonder if cats react similarly, that would be an interesting study.
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:46:12 AM PDT
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Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: Menehune56
It does arouse the curiosity.
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:46:30 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: Menehune56
If there’s food involved, the cat will be interested.
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:48:46 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
It’s not nice to try to fool dogs....grrrrrr.
To: BenLurkin; Joe 6-pack
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/16/2013 8:12:52 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Henceforth, the Office of the President shall be known as IMPOTUS)
To: BenLurkin
Well there goes the terminator detection system.
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posted on
09/16/2013 8:15:01 AM PDT
by
discostu
(This is why we have ants!)
To: BenLurkin
I worked with actuaries. This is very believable.
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posted on
09/16/2013 8:23:12 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: BenLurkin
I’ve been reading a good book by Jean Donaldson called The Culture Clash. Really good. She says we really shouldn’t put human emotions on dogs. They are dogs. Love them for what they are, not what you wish they were. They are very selfish animals, which is fine. They will do anything for food.
To: BenLurkin
They’re not ‘socializing.’
Hype sells articles but does not promote truth.
The dog has learned that this dumb thing gives it food. It is not ‘socializing.’
Will we see robot dogsitters one day? Probably yes, but then what good is it to have a dog if you have a metal thing drag it out for a walk?
Living creatures interact with living creatures.
Please, let’s never ever have robot ‘babysitters.’
To: republicangel
And that’s why they cry when their owner goes away, mope, and refuse to eat.
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09/16/2013 8:26:15 AM PDT
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kabumpo
(Kabumpo)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Well, duh, the robot knows where the food is.
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posted on
09/16/2013 8:56:03 AM PDT
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bgill
(This reply was mined before it was posted.)
To: discostu
Well there goes the terminator detection system.LOL! Good one.
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09/16/2013 9:11:59 AM PDT
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(People should not be afraid of the government. Government should be afraid of the people)
To: muir_redwoods
They have personalities. They keep them neatly filed in a file cabinet.
/johnny
To: muir_redwoods
I worked with actuaries. This is very believable. Yep, they're a robotic lot, actuaries.
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