iamspenagain

A robot brass quartet:

The "music" they create is absolutely grotesque. The chilling calculating qualities left me quite uncomfortable. It's clear that robots simply cannot properly mimic human musical instincts.

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Tupperfan

Wow...awful. I really don't understand the fascination for robots, apparently elevated to a cultural trait in Japan.

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Bean

I'm wondering if that's not just a result of the culture difference between North American and Japanese musical tastes?

Either way, this video is dying for it;

And they have a plan...

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Cymro

Yeah, I had similar thoughts.

The Japanese love technology in general. Robots are just an extension of that, and a big area of research due to their massive potential use. Having them play instruments was likely just an exercise to encourage development and improvement of various systems within the bots.

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Sam Cogley

...to destroy human sanity through their eardrums.

Tupperfan

Oh I'm aware, and they actually think robot could be a replacement workforce for their aging population. I just don,t understand the fascination...so fifties!

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Bean

I think a big difference in their fascination vs North American fascination is that ours wore off as soon as we realized we were too lazy to make it work. They're still convinced (probably rightfully) that they can pull it off.

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Daxie

Working in factories and wharehouses I can tell you first hand that Japan is constantally comming up with new robotic equipment to make the job "more efficent" Problem is, every time a plant installs one of these machines, someone's job is elimated.
Hmmmm....

They've even got Azmo serving tea and snacks at business meetings

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Sam Cogley

Just shoot the motherfucker and get it over with. 12ga. slugs work wonders on electronics.

Cymro

That's true of any technological advancement though.

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"But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."