I'm mad as HAL, and I'm not going to take this anymore.

erco

That closing quote was the best part of this article: http://www.cnet.com/news/dawn-of-the-worlds-angriest-robot/

But it makes me wonder about how an angry (at least moody) BoeBot or Activity Bot might express itself.

Whit

Maybe like this?

mindrobots

Or will we attempt to build monsters -- just because we like to put our fingers in the fire occasionally?

....'nuff said?

erco

Whit wrote: »

Maybe like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcuYXErG4Qs

I'm thinking more like THIS:

Whit

@erco - pretty much as I expected...

erco

That's the second ugliest girl I've ever seen...

ratronic

My HAL gets mad when I let his desktop get too cluttered.

Heater.

Has he ever decided not to let you in?

ratronic

Considering that was my Windows version of HAL he decides things I have no idea about!

Publison

erco wrote: »

That's the second ugliest girl I've ever seen...

And the first was.....?

erco

Publison wrote: »

And the first was.....?

Just another favorite Maxwell Smart-ism. No matter how extreme something is, it's always the second biggest, fastest, ugliest, etc.

mindrobots

erco wrote: »

That's the second ugliest girl I've ever seen...

...and when it comes to being the ugliest, she missed it by that much!

erco

mindrobots wrote: »

...and when it comes to being the ugliest, she missed it by that much!

Sorry about that, Chief!

Hal Albach

Just for the record, I'm not mad. A little senile maybe, but not mad.

Hal

xanadu

The other HAL checking in