[HN Gopher] Zen and the Art of Aibo Engineering
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       Zen and the Art of Aibo Engineering
        
       Author : rbanffy
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2024-12-10 09:43 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | sctb wrote:
       | "Does a [robot] dog have Buddha nature?"
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       | I could be wrong, but I associate Japanese animism much more
       | strongly with Shinto than with Zen Buddhism.
        
         | plasticchris wrote:
         | That's true, but the question (minus the robot bit) is a zen
         | koan.
        
       | thih9 wrote:
       | Culturally and sociologically this seems similar to me to owning
       | a doll. I'm not saying this to diminish the significance; perhaps
       | even the opposite: it seems a next step in a very long tradition.
        
       | karmajunkie wrote:
       | I'm really curious what could be done with one of these plus
       | today's cutting-edge AI mechanisms. Like, how programmable are
       | these?
        
       | vunderba wrote:
       | Before the Age of the Golden, Labra, and Snicker doodles, there
       | was an old website that asked you a series of questions to help
       | suggest your ideal dog breed. If you answered that you wanted a
       | dog with minimal shedding, didn't require lots of exercise or
       | attention, the breed it would come back with was an Aibo.
        
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