[Robotgroup] Suberbowl Robot Commercial

[Clendon Gibson]

I thought robot dreamed of electric sheep, not suicide or quality assurance...

----- Original Message ----
From: Paul Atkinson <pma32904 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 5, 2007 1:12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Suberbowl Robot Commercial

Was 5) Being a professional sign waver may drive you to seeking fast food employment?

:-)

Paul

----- Original Message ----
From: Vern Graner <vern at txis.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 5, 2007 12:56:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Suberbowl Robot Commercial

Paul Atkinson wrote:
> Anyone seen the GM robot commercial during the Super Bowl??
> 
> http://jalopnik.com/cars/ad-watch/super-bowl-ad-watch-gm-forces-robot-to-kill-self-233617.php?mail2=true

This is sad. I can guarantee you the robot would have a far smaller
chance of becoming inaccurate with age than the factory line worker next
to it would! :)

I think this ad campaign is bound to make a few roboticists upset. Also,
lets look at some of the things described in the ad:

1) If you drop a part while working on the assembly line, it brings the
line to a halt (great design there)

2) If you drop a part while on the assembly line, you get fired (there's
compassion and tolerance for ya!)

3) Robots can't be repaired or upgraded to make them accurate again once
they wear out, they have to be "let go".

4) They fire the ROBOT, not the programmer who made the program the
robot was following.

and lastly,

6) A job in fast food is enough to make you kill yourself (well... ;)

:)

Vern

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