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<p>We do have a robotic vacuum who we have personified somewhat...
the Cat ignores it, the Dog was constantly needing to nip at it,
but backed off anytime it changed course when it was near her.
It is far from Rosie (Jetsons). But I suppose I might upgrade to
Astro.<br>
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<p>A friend made the observation not that long ago, that the legacy
of Homo Faber has been to constantly create technology to replace
ourselves. First it was a more robust/warmer skin cover, better
cutting/rending items than our teeth and claws, augmentation of
heavy labor, transportation, etc... now we have machines we hope
will think for us and make better decisions. And by machines, I
don't mean *just* mechanical devices, but also systems including
human-facilitated bureaucracy/governing, etc.</p>
<p>It seems like in the limit it makes posthumanism (human
extinction) the ultimate outcome?</p>
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<div dir="auto">"Bandwidth" sounds as if there are robots among us
who are listening. Amazon offers now an "Astro" robot - a tablet
attached to a vacuum cleaner body. What do you think of it,
would you buy one? ZDNet says it costs about $1500</div>
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<div>From: Jon Zingale <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jonzingale@gmail.com"><jonzingale@gmail.com></a> </div>
<div>Date: 9/30/21 01:04 (GMT+01:00) </div>
<div>To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:friam@redfish.com">friam@redfish.com</a> </div>
<div>Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A pretty cellular automata video </div>
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<pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">"...but I won't waste anyone's bandwidth with my reflective rambling..."</span>
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<pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Wait, no, please, more reflective rambling.</span></pre>
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