Coppélia 2.0
He clasped the beautiful Olympia, and with her flew through the dance…
He thought that his dancing was usually correct as to time, but the peculiarly steady rhythm with which Olympia moved, and which often put him completely out, soon showed him that his time was most defective.
E.T.A. Hoffmann The Sandman, 1817
In this post the dialogue is realised by an interaction of virtual characters, for more information please check the page “Virtual characters“
Sam
I’ve read the post and I get why you came to me
Manuel
Good! 😄
Sam
This is exactly the issue I would like to address, because it would make so many tasks easier
Manuel
Tasks, like …? 🤔
Sam
Let me start at the beginning! 😊
Humans have toyed with the idea of artificial humans as helpers since forever
Manuel
OK 👌🏻
Manuel
Fair enough, I’ve seen some pretty radical things coming from Japan lately
Sam
Indeed, and we can now build machines that can move almost like an animal or a human 🦾 🐕
Manuel
Oh, like the robots from Boston Dynamics! I saw them dancing, that was so cool! 😁
Weird, but cool!
Sam
“Weird” is the feeling a lot of people have, but robots can also be cute, like Wall-E or Pepper 😁
Manuel
That’s right, even when they are not humanoid at all, we can still relate to them
Sam
But when they look like a human, we dip into uncanny valley really fast
Manuel
So what is your take on this? 🤔
Sam
We need a robot that can move like human, fluidly, harmoniously …
Manuel
and we’re getting there, right?
Sam
Right, but also speak like a human, fluidly, harmoniously …
Manuel
… harmoniously …?
Sam
I mean, in a way that fits naturally in a dialog
Manuel
that seems pretty hard … wouldn’t that presuppose AGI?
Sam
Maybe we don’t need that if it can fool a lot of people a lot of the time …
… Continue to read the conversation between Manuel and Sam
on Saturday 17th April…
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