Today R100, tomorrow the Matrix! (Score 1)

Three things about the R100 implimentation that I found provocotive... 1.) It is basically an untethered computer peripheral device. It is a self propelled enclosure that contains input sensors (video, sound, temperature), output devices (motors, speaker, lights), and a wireless network interface. It can be manufactured relatively inexpensively. 2.) It is a networked device. It's AI intelligence resides not in the robot, but rather on a stationary PC, and ultimately on the whole Internet. The R-100 is merely a puppet. The beauty of this is that the AI can grow with all the synergism provided by the Internet. As PC's and software develop, the AI will improve exponentially. Data from the robot's simple sensors can be processed in real time by multiple programs from different companies on multiple computers spread around the planet. The output from these programs will allow a simple puppet to be transformed into an apparently complex sentient being. 3.) The AI will eventually turn into 'The Matrix', and Keannau Reeves will save us.