Animated interview with John Perkins youtube

Robotic Nation and why the elites won't need US and call US useless eaters
EXCERPT:
The Iceberg
The iceberg looks like this. On that same day, I interacted with five different automated systems like the kiosks in McDonald's:

I got money in the morning from the ATM.
I bought gas from an automated pump.
I bought groceries at BJ's (a warehouse club) using an extremely well-designed self-service check out line.
I bought some stuff for the house at Home Depot using their not-as-well-designed-as-BJ's self-service check out line.
I bought my food at McDonald's at the kiosk, as described above.
All of these systems are very easy-to-use from a customer standpoint, they are fast, and they lower the cost of doing business and should therefore lead to lower prices. All of that is good, so these automated systems will proliferate rapidly.
The problem is that these systems will also eliminate jobs in massive numbers. In fact, we are about to see a seismic shift in the American workforce. As a nation, we have no way to understand or handle the level of unemployment that we will see in our economy over the next several decades.

Ripley's believe it or not robot video
EXCERPT:
Jeffrey Luke writes, "a graphic artist friend of mine built a robot out of bic disposable razors". That's right, the exterior of this robot is built from 2,120 disposable razors, painstakingly cut into parts and reassembled into a 43 pound robot over 800 hours. Apparently this was done back in 1991-1992 and the robot eventually found a permanent home at Ripley's Believe It or Not in Branson, Missouri. There's also a website where you can see a few more photos of Bickford

San Jose, CA will do this to ya, eh? Robots - Curator's Label - Introduction youtube

Robots - Curator's Label - Clayton Bailey youtube

Dancing Hexapod on the Viral Video Circuit video

Robots dancing from a man's point of view, mi tinks
EXCERPT:
Robot Rewind - Weird Robot Articles of the Past Year or So
Posted 1 Feb 2009 at 06:09 UTC by The Swirling Brain
There's been a slew of weird and amusing robot stories in the past year on robots.net. I thought it would be fun to take a trip down the robots.net memory lane at a sampling of the weird robot stories we've seen in the past year or so. Click through to read the weird robot stories article (below, or try looking somewhere else or under your bed if you can't find it below).

Intro: Have you ever had a slew? Well usually it's followed by the word "of" and then something. It's sort of like a gaggle but I've already used the word "gaggle" in a previous article. In any case I have a slew of weird robot stories for your consideration and amusement. You'll need to click the links and follow the stories for complete amusement or monotony whichever you may see it.

Cat on a robot vacuuming youtube

Animator VS Animation game youtube

Stickman trapped in phone youtube

Animator VS Animation game youtube 2

A Robot Story youtube

Animation Competition youtube

Robot Humanity youtube

Elmo shot youtube
EXCERPT:
”Uncle Fred looked at me and laughed and told me he was there for the next time he went to target
shoot. He told me he was going to use Elmo for target practice.”
Children of the world
EXCERPT:
***Robert Stealth, of ”Children of the Land” fame.
History:
a) Robert legally changed his name from Smith to Stealth when he came of age.
.... 1)
Robert became interested in computers at a very early age, it was something he could do that he was very good at. He loved it and he excelled in it. He played around on computers so much it was like he became an extension of the machine. His life became better in the foster homes when he was online. It was his out and he loved it. He could create things and they worked. Robert
found his niche.

Narcissit or Robot
EXCERPT:
Narcissists, therefore, do not "exist". The narcissist is a loose coalition, based on a balance of terror, between a sadistic, idealised Superego and a grandiose and manipulative False Ego. These two interact only mechanically. Narcissists are Narcissistic Supply seeking androids. No robot is capable of introspection, not even with the help of mirroring.

Narcissists often think of themselves as machines (the "automata metaphor"). They say things like "I have an amazing brain" or "I am not functioning today, my efficiency is low." They measure things, constantly compare performance. They are acutely aware of time and its use. There is a meter in the narcissist's head, it ticks and tocks, a metronome of self-reproach and grandiose, unattainable, fantasies.

The narcissist likes to think about himself in terms of automata because he finds them to be aesthetically compelling in their precision, in their impartiality, in their harmonious embodiment of the abstract. Machines are so powerful and so emotionless, not prone to be hurting weaklings.

The narcissist often talks to himself in third person singular. He feels that it lends objectivity to his thoughts, making them appear to be emanating from an external source. The narcissist's self-esteem is so low that, to be trusted, he has to disguise himself, to hide himself from himself. It is the narcissist's pernicious and all-pervasive art of un-being.

Thus, the narcissist carries within him his metal constitution, his robot countenance, his superhuman knowledge, his inner timekeeper, his theory of morality and his very own divinity – himself.

Sometimes the narcissist does gain self-awareness and knowledge of his predicament - typically in the wake of a life crisis (divorce, bankruptcy, incarceration, accident, serious illness, or the death of a loved one). But, in the absence of an emotional correlate, of feelings, such merely cognitive awakening is useless. It does not gel into an insight. The dry facts alone cannot bring about any transformation, let alone healing.

Narcissists often go through "soul searching". But they do so only in order to optimize their performance, to maximize the number of sources of narcissistic supply, and to better manipulate their environment. They regard introspection as an inevitable and intellectually enjoyable maintenance chore.

The introspection of the narcissist is emotionless, akin to an inventory of his "good" and "bad" sides and without any commitment to change. It does not enhance his ability to empathize, nor does it inhibit his propensity to exploit others and discard them when their usefulness is over. It does not tamper his overpowering and raging sense of entitlement, nor does it deflate his grandiose fantasies.

The narcissist's introspection is a futile and arid exercise at bookkeeping, a soulless bureaucracy of the psyche and, in its own way, even more chilling that the alternative: a narcissist blissfully unaware of his own disorder.