For the last 5-7 years, various overseas companies have been holding press conferences and rolling out their robots to fan dance, run or wisecrack with reporters. This one claims to be the most advanced so far, by virtue of being connected to a server by wireless high speed.

While this is very Hollywood I, Robot and the best way for a robot to have access to massive amounts of storage it would need to “learn” using current technologies, it’s still just parlour tricks.

I get kinda embarassed, anthropromophically, when I see these poor little metal and plastic midgets paraded out in front of the press. These robots are just puppets, and I yearn to see some humanity in them other than what is placed into them by sweaty, uncreative programmers. Press conference when the ‘droids can hold their own, not their creator’s hands.

“I will see you again next time when I will have become wiser!”