Fun_People Archive
12 May
Kibo and AI

Content-Type: text/plain
Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2)
From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Wed, 12 May 99 11:33:25 -0700
To: Fun_People
Precedence: bulk
Subject: Kibo and AI

X-Lib-of-Cong-ISSN: 1098-7649
X-http://www.langston.com/psl-bin/Fun_People.cgi
[How can I explain Kibo in one line? ... I can't, but maybe I don't need
to... (Whew! That was easy.)  -psl]

Forwarded-by: t byfield
[headited; via robot wisdom]

Newsgroups: alt.religion.kibology
From: kibo@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry)
Subject: Re: Sony gives the world a robotic dog
Battlestar-Galactica-Date: 3096 centons, 67 microns, 0.02 lutefisk
Organization: Stately Kibo Manor
If-You-Read-Headers-You-Might-Read-Anything-So-Have-A-Url: http://www.kibo.com

In ten newsgroups (clari.world.asia.japan, clari.tw.electronics,
clari.tw.computers.misc, clari.tw.top, clari.tw.new_media, clari.world,
clari.world.asia+oceania, clari.tw, clari.biz.front_page, *and*
clari.news.photos), because it was so important, "AFP / Kiriko Nishiyama"
(C-afp@clari.net) wrote:

>    TOKYO, May 11 (AFP) - Sony Corp. Tuesday unveiled its first
> litter of robotic dogs that can play, bark, talk and even develop
> their own personalities, but cannot die.

That's because when you buy them THEY'RE ALREADY DEAD!!!

I just hope they don't have a stupid name.

>    The gleaming metallic puppy-sized robot is named AIBO,

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

> the Japanese word for partner. The first two letters of the name also
> refer to "artificial intelligence."

And the last three letters of the name refer to a lawsuit.

 <...>

© 1999 Peter Langston