So much for best two out of
three. A robotic hand developed by engineers at the University of Tokyo will
take you at rock-paper-scissors three
out of three times.
Then it will do it again, for as
long as you car to challenge. Thus far, it hasn’t lost a game.
There’s no algorithmic
wizardry or predictive computation here. The robot’s edge is purely visual.
Super-fast motion sensing technology can “see” and evaluate what hand gesture a
human is making in just one millisecond. One millisecond after that it makes
its play--conveniently and 100 percent of the time the play that trumps
whatever the human throws down. It all happens so fast as to be imperceptible
to the human eye. Add it to the list of things robots simply do better.
Fascinating.
ReplyDeleteSo................................................it cheats? =)
ReplyDeleteI just read that a computer watched two humans play Connect Four a couple of times, and then was able to beat them at it. And so it begins...Skynet is going to be breathing down our necks before you know it!
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