Robot Identifies Human Flesh As Bacon 312
Jearil writes "Wired's 'Table of Malcontents' blog links to an article about a wine-tasting robot that thinks humans taste like bacon. The Japanese robot is intended to act as a personal sommelier, suggesting wines, cheeses, and hors d'oeuvres based on its owners personal tastes. It also apparently thinks humans would be tasty as part of a sandwich." From the article: "Let the robot holocaust commence: robots think we taste like bacon ... Upon being given a sample, he will speak up in a childlike voice and identify what he has just been fed. The idea is that wineries can tell if a wine is authentic without even opening the bottle, amongst other more obscure uses ... like 'tell me what this strange grayish lump at the back of my freezer is/was.' But when some smart aleck reporter placed his hand in the robot's omnivorous clanking jaw, he was identified as bacon. A cameraman then tried and was identified as prosciutto." This is most distressing.
yummy (Score:5, Funny)
The robot is right (Score:5, Funny)
Soo... (Score:5, Funny)
Distressing? (Score:5, Funny)
No it's not. It's brilliant. The only thing putting me off cannabalism was a concern I might not like the taste. Best news ever!
I for one (Score:4, Funny)
I thought (Score:5, Funny)
Re: (Score:3, Funny)
Re: (Score:3, Insightful)
The entire "babys taste like chiken" and such are actualy rather off.
We are RED meat, and thus would taste like beef or pig).
If anything babies would taste like veal.
News? (Score:2)
http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/200
Our only hope (Score:3, Funny)
"Tastes like chicken..." (Score:2)
The robot got it right. (Score:5, Interesting)
If there are no Polynesian cannibals in your area, ask a soldier or fireman what burning human flesh smells like.
We smell like pork when we're well-done. The robot got it absolutely right. And I, for one, would like to remind the robot that I'm absolutely delicious when served with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
Change of recipe (Score:3, Funny)
Forget the Skynet funding bill ... (Score:5, Funny)
Okay.. (Score:5, Insightful)
I used to theorize that human flesh probably contains more of the same nutrients we need than any other food out there, so I had guessed in the past that in theory it would be pretty tasty.
Obligatory Homer quote (Score:4, Funny)
One thing is certain... (Score:5, Funny)
How about..? (Score:2)
How about "In the future, there will be robots"?
That poor man. (Score:5, Funny)
Long Pig (Score:5, Informative)
Where are the Soylent Green Jokes?
Where are the Soylent Green Jokes? (Score:3, Informative)
Fine, because robots dislike bacon. (Score:5, Funny)
Re: (Score:2)
you missed the part right after (Score:2)
Good wine (Score:5, Funny)
Phew.
Not mentioned... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Not mentioned... (Score:5, Funny)
I've never really like bacon (Score:2)
Re: (Score:2)
Re:Distressing? (Score:5, Informative)
BACON!@!!!@!!! (Score:5, Funny)
No pig for me (Score:5, Interesting)
obligatory animal farm quote (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:yummy (Score:2)
Then Hannibal was wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Aztecs Can Confirm! (Score:5, Interesting)
The robot probably isn't far off...
The Aztecs had a long legacy of cannibalism as part of their religious ceremonies. It was considered (I assume by those not experiencing it) an honor to be killed and eaten as a token to their god(s).
After the Spanish came and forcefully converted the native American survivors to Roman Catholocism, the Aztecs adopted the stigma attached to cannibalism. However, they couldn't get enough of that porcine protein brought over from Europe. When asked about their focused consumption of pigs, the former people eaters replied with a simple answer: pigs taste like you and me.
Humans and Swine Not Dissimilar (Score:5, Insightful)
Humans and pigs are actually fairly close anatomically, which is why high school students dissect pig fetuses every year and why pigs are a promising species in the field of Xenotransplantation [wikipedia.org]. And it's really not distressing at all, after you get over the ick factor. We're not made of magical fairy dust
Um, bacon is the polite way of putting it (Score:2)
ah (Score:2)
Don't take it lying down! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Don't take it lying down! (Score:5, Funny)
Stand back! I gotta practice my stabbin'! HA HAAAA (Score:2)
Well at least we don't taste like Spam (Score:2)
Nothing to worry about (Score:2)
AM I THE ONLY ONE TO WONDER... (Score:2)
Posting bug explained (Score:2)
There will be no threading today
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/09/15342
smells like it (Score:5, Interesting)
humans, the other pork (Score:4, Insightful)
Vegetarian alternative (Score:2, Interesting)
Re: (Score:2)
Re:I thought (Score:5, Funny)
The mailman, probably...
Thank you, I'll be here all this week!
Distressing? (Score:4, Insightful)
I'm not at all concerned about getting eaten by Asimo or TMX Elmo.
If the Matrix , the Terminator, and Futurama have taught me anything, is that robots would be more likely to farm me, shoot me, or steal from me first.
I'd be more worried about getting eaten by *you*, should the robo-apocalypse ever come to pass...
Re: (Score:2)
The obvious way to save ourselves: (Score:5, Funny)
Re:One thing is certain... (Score:2, Insightful)
Ah, but... (Score:2, Funny)
Ham it up, fat boy! (Score:2, Funny)
Sounds about right. Most cameramen I know (including myself) are just big hams!
Well, I smell like bacon (Score:2)
The robot continued... (Score:2)
RE: Smells like it (Score:2)
OK, you can ask me, because I don't really know, I was just trying to scare you a little. I'd guess there are some firefighters or hospital staff out there that could confirm or deny your smell sense.
Foreign tastes (Score:2)
It ain't racism, it's humor (Score:2)
Layne
What the Robot Really Said Was... (Score:3, Funny)
that's good (Score:2)
I'm having a Devo moment.. (Score:2)
Heh.
DrE
Our only hope now... (Score:2)
Then we'll be fine until we hit the Y5K crisis.
Try some hufu (Score:2)
I am now two things. (Score:2)
So many jokes.... (Score:4, Insightful)
The obvious question is whether the people in question had just touched a pork product....
Shens! (Score:2)
Another Diebold product? (Score:2)
obligatory Heinlein reference (Score:2)
Future battle strategy against the robots (Score:2)
Although battling them will always be dangerous, take care to avoid engagements during breakfast hours.
That's what I've been saying all these years... (Score:2)
There's a reason cannibilism is called "Long Pig" (Score:2)
Why??? (Score:2)
I assume this has been said, but... (Score:2)
Journalists ARE pigs.
And they write cheap spam.
What's your point?
Not pork, veal (Score:2)
As far as I can tell, this is the best evaluation of the various evaluations of human flesh, and it turns out it's like veal [oregonstate.edu]. Not pork.
The Other Other White Meat (Score:3, Funny)
See how polarized we've become on the race card?
So I guess we'll just have to play into it.
Humans: The Black, White, Red and Yellow Meat, Taste the Rainbow Next to Your Potatoes
There, I hope you're all happy.
Hannibal had no class. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Okay.. (Score:2)
Kosher Food (Score:2)
Re:Don't take it lying down! (Score:5, Funny)
Irony.
prosciutto? (Score:2)
Never mind humans, what about itself? (Score:2)
queue Invader Zim ... (Score:2)
No worries ... (Score:2)
You are what you eat after all.... (Score:2)
People: the other other white meat? (Score:2)
Yum.
RS
Re: Without Opening the Bottle? (Score:2)
Wineries that are still using real corks might be able to tell if a wine has been tainted with trichloroanisole (cork taint) before shipping the wine. About 5% to 10% of wines with corks get cork taint, and wineries would rather that bad bottles not make it into the hands of the consumer.
Also, though wineries might not need to authenticate their
This is old news... (Score:2)
Krahulik and Holkins were right! (Score:2)
ObFamilyGuy (Score:2)
Like Optimus Prime!
Let's all hope... (Score:2)
Oh my god... (Score:2)
Perhaps... (Score:2)
BLT..er..HLT (Score:2)
Then why.. (Score:2)
Re: (Score:2)
Re:Bacon? Obligatory word from Urban Dictionary... (Score:2)