RE: Drummers get an extra edge with robotic arm

Instructorman — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:54:50 GMT

Although fascinating and really awesome from a techno-geek perspective, developments in robotics and automation like this can, and I would argue, should provoke serious thought about implications for cross impacts on human social constructs. The pace of robotic development is stunning (see, for example, the latest ambulatory creation from Boston Dynamics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY).

I recommend considering the sober advice of the late Neil Postman (https://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs492/papers/neil-postman--five-things.html) on the Faustian bargain that technological change can bring. I am convinced that we can not halt technological advance, largely because the economic rewards are too appealing and any detrimental consequences are too distant or too complex to impede our passion for progress. My singular aim here is to stimulate consideration of consequence in the minds of technically adept creators. Just because we can, does that me we should?

RE: Drummers get an extra edge with robotic arm

clem57 — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 23:58:57 GMT

#640!