Heather Knight: Silicon-based comedy
Heather Knight: Silicon-based comedy
http://www.ted.com In this first-of-its-kind demo, Heather Knight introduces Data, a robotic stand-up comedian that does much more than rattle off one-liners — it gathers audience feedback through advanced sensors and tunes its act as the crowd responds. Is this thing on?
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Heather Knight: Silicon-based comedy
Heather Knight: Silicon-based comedy
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Am I the only the one who forgot to turn down the volume for the first eight seconds?.
This is so FUCKING COOL!
@AsSheFelliSmiled Exactly.
So 1/3 of the video is just a Rolex advert? Great…
The one about the dead friend was hilarious!
@SiliconBong apparently.
I'm glad someone out there noticed, Centurion480. [ How could ninety five people not like this ?? ]
Impressive!
The one woman with the red card LOL
Oh to one day have my very own Kryten. What a dream…….
@SiliconBong I think there are people out there that dont like the idea of a mechanic imitation of a human. That is programable robot is called Nao made by Sony, I have been watching videos from this robot doing all sorts of things, and there are always people who dislike them. I just find amazing the idea that one could make an algorithm that gives a rough description of how a human walks or talks!!!!
Even at the turn of the century, PerceptionES, this was far off into the future; after we had fed all the people of the world, made contact with the aliens, solved the oil crisis, cured all disease and became friends with the planet 🙂
she's super hot
AWKWARD…. lol
Turn Heather Knight into a fem-bot and i'm sold.
She's sexy, has a great sense of humor, and she's intelligent…she's my dream girl.
i love how there's one bitch holding up the red sign surrounded by green ones 😛
how many people in a life time could afford a 20k Rolex watch… lol
Actually I was fantasizing about doing some awful things to her in my bedroom 🙂
I like how the audience feels oddly compelled to patronize a robot.
That exploding tickle-me-elmo vid is waaay funnier
106 people lifted a red paper.
Interesting tool. I'm curious about what kind of data, if left for multiple different groups over a long period of time, could be extrapolated from it. What kind of things we may be able to analyze which are subtle aspects of the communities and lifestyles which we all live in. This is a wonderful enterprise, and best of luck to you Heather Knight. Making the world smile isn't an easy task, and is often under-appreciated. So, thank you.
Robot comedy? heh reminds me of the Robots from Mystery Science Theater 3000
im only 12
well the robot at least makes her awkward introduction seem less awkward otherwise this is just dumb. I can't be bothered to finish watching.
on a sidebar she seems really smart and cute can I ask her out? without the robot.
Ha, the joke about the swiss army was a Jerry Seinfeld joke. I love it.
Dear Rolex, how many people go 2 thousand ft underwater and suddenly realise they need to know the time?
Ten points for the charming and cute design, zero points for the general idea of robotic comedy. Someone clearly missed the point here.
This is actually a really good idea. The ability to tell jokes and make people laugh is learned in humans through trial and error, so it stands to reason that it's the best way to teach the same skill to a robot. It just needs a subroutine to adjust its timing and inflection accordingly. Rolex rolex rolex rolex rolex rolex rolex…. Sorry, I don't know why I suddenly and without warning started going on about Rolexes.
one person in the audience only had the red up the entire time
Down voted for the 2 minute ad.