Robots Have Decided Humans Taste Like Bacon

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"That robot in the picture is kinda' cute, isn't it? Just don't wave your hand around in front of its face like a small wounded animal.


Wired reports that some jackass built a robot that identifies human flesh as bacon. From their article titled "Let the robot holocaust commence: robots think we taste like bacon":


"Researchers at NEC System technologies and Mie University have designed the cute little guy to the right: a metal man gastronomist, "an electromechanical sommelier", capable of identifying wines, cheeses, meats and hors d'oeuvres. Upon being given a sample, he will speak up in a childlike voice and identify what he has just been fed. The idea is that wineries can tell if a wine is authentic without even opening the bottle, amongst other more obscure uses…like "tell me what this strange grayish lump at the back of my freezer is/was."


But when some smart aleck reporter placed his hand in the robot's omnivorous clanking jaw, he was identified as bacon. A cameraman then tried and was identified as prosciutto.""


Read more at Dateline Zero (Thanks Johnny5)

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Published on November 08, 2010 01:03
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