Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #05225



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Bob Shannon bshannon@tiac.net
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 10:03:43 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Someting funny with the subject line? was Re:Somethingfunnywith




George Rix wrote:

> So this one point makes it not a robot.
> My point here is that you cannot use an inflexible definition. It will not
> fit, not to everyone's satisfaction. So basically, what I think is a robot
> is a robot, and what you think is a robot is a robot.
> Let's leave it at that.
> Signing off,
> Rob Rix

Hmm, so we all get to decide what words mean now?

Why not simply evolve BEAM to meet the real definition, rather than lower the
standard of what makes a robot?

I'd reather advance BEAM than redefine robotics as a whole.


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