The threat of Big Dog

[sclpls]

RIP Campo Santo

[ihavefivehat]

Ha! Dumb robots can't even play Mario right! Not so scary now, are they?

 

[Thrik]

That video is brilliant. It took me some time before I even began to grasp what he was talking about, in fact I thought I was being trolled for a while. Fascinating once the demos began and I got what was happening.

I think the most impressive part is how his 'robot' managed to find some ridiculously obscure bug in Super Mario Bros that I for one have never encountered, and then repeatedly exploit it for maximum efficiency. God damn robots.

[Dewar]

It makes me feel good that the computer effectively rage-quit.

[James]

I found the guy a bit annoying at first, but the idea is pretty brilliant in its simplicity (to the point that my immediate reaction was "that would never work"), and some of the behaviour it produces is great. Pausing immediately before losing Tetris is so brilliant and hilarious. It just walks away.

 

EDIT: Parts two and three are pretty great, too:

 

 

[Bjorn]

The behavior that the program discovers and exploits is kind of crazy. 

[brkl]

The craziest thing is that it exploits how the game's RNG works. Apparently, Nintendo games had an RNG based on the player's inputs, so this thing can get the power up it wants, change the way a ball bounces and such by moving around in a certain way.

[Professor Video Games]

The company that owns Big Dog now owns a drone company as well. Drones that can stay in the air continuously for five years. Always watching. Always watching...

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/04/14/google-to-acquire-drone-maker-titan-aerospace-facebook-aced/7706513/

[Frenetic Pony]

The company that owns Big Dog now owns a drone company as well. Drones that can stay in the air continuously for five years. Always watching. Always watching...

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/04/14/google-to-acquire-drone-maker-titan-aerospace-facebook-aced/7706513/

 

So it's basically just the plot of The Winter Soldier?

[Nachimir]

You awaken, pinned into a lightweight yet immovable carbon exo-skeleton.

 

[Bjorn]

That video goes from neat to increasingly horrifying, and fast.

[Dewar]

Interesting, I wonder if they have any capability to adapt or if it's all pre-programmed.

[Nachimir]

Since they're just being manipulated by a field, I'm not sure they really qualify as robots. They're more like actuators for an invisible robot made of computer brain and magnetic fields.

[Big Dog™]

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[Big Dog™]

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[Bjorn]

WTF?!

[Frenetic Pony]

WTF?!

 

Shhhh, don't question it. Just accept that your skull will be crushed into dust, and then efficiently recycled.

[Nachimir]

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It's probably talking about Jake because that's the most obvious joke to do with this.

[syntheticgerbil]

Oh great, another WoW gold spambot.

[James]

Yesssss! Finally, the time has come! Come, my automatic overlord, my puny human skull is brittle and ripe for crushing.

In case it's not obvious, which it almost definitely is:

 

 

 

[Big Dog™]

pin

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;'is first

 

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[Bjorn]

On the Media did an entire show on AI and Robots last week.  Covers a pretty good range of topics, particularly for an audience that doesn't necessarily follow a lot of robot news.

[Big Dog™]

     '/father

           forgive

 

//;

 

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[Stuart]

What?