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Toby, Dave & Ian Explain XKCD

There is a graph. On the X axis is sex, on the Y is computer.

January 29, 2010 at 1:37am
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This comic strip attempts to project the insecurities and emotional fragility of a human (the Author) onto the Spirit rover, a robot that performed its data-collecting tasks on Mars over 20 times longer than planned (before getting stuck in soft sand).
Thankfully, the spirit rover could never have experienced these emotions, as it is simply a mechanical device whose motions and actions give it the perception of agency.

This comic strip attempts to project the insecurities and emotional fragility of a human (the Author) onto the Spirit rover, a robot that performed its data-collecting tasks on Mars over 20 times longer than planned (before getting stuck in soft sand).

Thankfully, the spirit rover could never have experienced these emotions, as it is simply a mechanical device whose motions and actions give it the perception of agency.

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    You know i actually felt sad when i read this installment...xkcd. …maybe because once upon
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    REALLY?! “simply...mechanical device”? That...world for us....
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