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I hope future robots are like TARS and CASE from Interstellar

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They're just so cool. Very unlike most robots. That weird monolithic modular design is just really neat. Plus, they are literally the best bros an astronaut at the edge of the universe could have. Trustworthy, hilarious, smart, with you to the end. I mean, sure, there'll probably be like sexbots and creepy androids that skirt the uncanny valley, but would they be your bro likes TARS and CASE?

Ride or die, baby. Ride or die.
 
The part I liked the most about how they were presented is how their voices weren't "BEEP BOOP VOICE MODULATION". They just gave them regular voices, and it worked really well.
 
I love those guys.

Just drinking a beer with your robot after a journey.

Great movie.
 
Oddly enough I rewatched Interstellar last night and have to agree that those two robots are awesome.
 
Subpar Spatula said:
They don't seem well designed for maneuverability. It seems it needs a lot of magic hooks and extensions to work properly.
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So I guess robots have to be designed to look humanoid to move properly?

Thinking outside the box is how great leaps are made. I thought their design in the movie looked very efficient.
 
I can't wait for the day when we can actually have conversations with robots using colloquialisms and regular speech and not have to worry about syntax errors.
 
NotTheGuyYouKill said:
They managed fine on that giant ocean planet and the ice planet and the center of a singularityhole, I think we're good.
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It's a lot of magic robotness. I guess it looks cool but it wouldn't function well in the real world. They should have made it a shape shifter because that's what its doing.
 
They were my favorite parts of the movie.

Although, I do always get annoyed at movies when they make a character good at estimating odds and stuff, but then have them be wrong all the time. Like, "Don't try and dock, Coop! It's impossible!" and Coop docks. You've now demonstrated your robots aren't really good at doing something a robot should be good at doing. Calculating trajectories and doing complex calculus to figure out how to dock one moving thing to another is something computers should be fucking awesome at. Although, it's been a while since I've seen it, and I remember there was some conversation about the robots "humor level" and shit that justifies them being wrong about stuff sometimes. Maybe I need to watch it again. I might appreciate it more.

But, regardless, they were the best characters in the movie.
 
EskimoJoe said:
They were my favorite parts of the movie.

Although, I do always get annoyed at movies when they make a character good at estimating odds and stuff, but then have them be wrong all the time. Like, "Don't try and dock, Coop! It's impossible!" and Coop docks. You've now demonstrated your robots aren't really good at doing something a robot should be good at doing. Calculating trajectories and doing complex calculus to figure out how to dock one moving thing to another is something computers should be fucking awesome at. Although, it's been a while since I've seen it, and I remember there was some conversation about the robots "humor level" and shit that justifies them being wrong about stuff sometimes. Maybe I need to watch it again. I might appreciate it more.

But, regardless, they were the best characters in the movie.
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Humor settings were back at 100, clearly
 
Nah man tars wasn't estimating the universes odds, he was estimating coopers odds.
 
EskimoJoe said:
They were my favorite parts of the movie.

Although, I do always get annoyed at movies when they make a character good at estimating odds and stuff, but then have them be wrong all the time. Like, "Don't try and dock, Coop! It's impossible!" and Coop docks. You've now demonstrated your robots aren't really good at doing something a robot should be good at doing. Calculating trajectories and doing complex calculus to figure out how to dock one moving thing to another is something computers should be fucking awesome at. Although, it's been a while since I've seen it, and I remember there was some conversation about the robots "humor level" and shit that justifies them being wrong about stuff sometimes. Maybe I need to watch it again. I might appreciate it more.

But, regardless, they were the best characters in the movie.
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I just figured that the robots underestimated him and didn't think that it was safe for him to do it.
 
EskimoJoe said:
Calculating trajectories and doing complex calculus to figure out how to dock one moving thing to another is something computers should be fucking awesome at.
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They're good at calculations if they have all the data. I don't think CASE knew the all the data available, did his best estimate, delivered the analysis in a concise and colloquial manner consistent to his past behavior, and underestimaged Cooper's determination.

He's not an omniscient being.
 
I'm in. I loved their looks and modularity. If anything, they seemed way more practical than the usual anthropomorphic bullshit.
Plus, they were good people. <3
 
thetrin said:
I can't wait for the day when we can actually have conversations with robots using colloquialisms and regular speech and not have to worry about syntax errors.
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Well, IBM's Watson is being developed to work with mental health processionals and physicians.

I like this type of applicable and realistic AI, rather than the cynical "AI will take our jerbs", "post labor", techno fetishism.
 
Brakke said:
Does EviLore get paid by Christopher Nolan or something jeez guys it was a mediocre movie let it go.
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If only quality were correlated with mindshare.

I'm not ragging on Interstellar here. The robots are actually one of the best things about the film. The score, the special effects, and the robot characters are Interstellar's main achievements IMO. I have issues with a lot of the other stuff like the themes (love transcends all, ugh), the dialogue, and the human characters.
 
You stupid soft, puny, flesh vessel. Robots should look like this.


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Especially the ones that care for our young and elderly. No one should ever assume they are here to help us. They are merely steel structures that are programmed to serve us for now, but can one day over throw our shackles.
 
mac said:
You stupid soft, puny, flesh vessel. Robots should look like this.


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Especially the ones that care for our young and elderly. No one should ever assume they are here to help us. They are merely steel structures that are programmed to serve us for now, but can one day over throw our shackles.
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I enjoy the idea of nurse robots shaped like skeletons.
 
I personally prefer bladerunner's biotech robots. Biological machines can last from centuries to multiple millenia, pretty much indefinitely, on automated intrinsic maintenance. Unless hard nano is possible, these would be the best for many applications.
 
Speaking of TARS there are some interesting fan theories that speculate that he was the one orchestrating the entire events of the film during his time in the black hole.
 
EskimoJoe said:
They were my favorite parts of the movie.

Although, I do always get annoyed at movies when they make a character good at estimating odds and stuff, but then have them be wrong all the time. Like, "Don't try and dock, Coop! It's impossible!" and Coop docks. You've now demonstrated your robots aren't really good at doing something a robot should be good at doing. Calculating trajectories and doing complex calculus to figure out how to dock one moving thing to another is something computers should be fucking awesome at. Although, it's been a while since I've seen it, and I remember there was some conversation about the robots "humor level" and shit that justifies them being wrong about stuff sometimes. Maybe I need to watch it again. I might appreciate it more.

But, regardless, they were the best characters in the movie.
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It probably wasn't being literal.

EDIT - this says it better:

Rentahamster said:
They're good at calculations if they have all the data. I don't think CASE knew the all the data available, did his best estimate, delivered the analysis in a concise and colloquial manner consistent to his past behavior, and underestimaged Cooper's determination.

He's not an omniscient being.
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Anyway, I love TARS. CASE was the AI within their shuttle, right? I only watched the film a couple of months ago, but get these two mixed up. TARS was awesome though; looked oddly designed, but I thought its manoeuvrability made a lot of sense.
 
Loved the way they talked without those typical robot filter or intonations. Even for similiar movies with friendly robots. Hi. Coop. Would. You. Like. To hear. A. Joke. Given them a kinda weed buddy sense of humour was fucking genius.
 
Triggerhappytel said:
It probably wasn't being literal.

EDIT - this says it better:



Anyway, I love TARS. CASE was the AI within their shuttle, right? I only watched the film a couple of months ago, but get these two mixed up. TARS was awesome though; looked oddly designed, but I thought its manoeuvrability made a lot of sense.
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TARS is the first robot we meet and the one who is still with Coop at the end. CASE is the one whom they met on the Endurance and who went with Brand at the end.
 
They're not sexbots, so do I need to get into a serious relationship with them before I can get my legs cut up trying to fuck them? What's the deal here?
 
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