Really, you’ve got to take a look at this.
How do you create a robot that can respond anywhere near as well to a complex environment as a living organism does?
I’m reminded of Searle’s Chinese Room, and Deep Blue (really smart and really dumb), and Shakey.
Do you aim for emotional attachment like the Japanese do?
See Also: The BigDog promotional video set to Herbie Hancock’s Rock It. You remember that video? An Introduction to Artifical Intelligence to which someone will undoubtedly bring up Skynet.
Addition: From Military.com: ‘This is the upgraded “Big Dog” from Boston Dynamics. The unit is gas powered, weighs 235 pounds, has a payload of 345 pounds, and can traverse a wide variety of terrain.’
