"GRAVY FOR YOUR BRAIN!" – Conspiracy Theory (1997)
“We really are living in a world now where everyone inhabits their own designed reality.” – Dr. Freckles
Don’t waste time on the rock or the reef,
simply flow around,
one day they might become water,
and you become the reef,
or the rock,
again.
So let them be.
Link: https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/robotic-lifeguard-changes-water-rescues
Link: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/new-robot-lifeguard-will-save-people-from-drowning
Robot lifeguard … at pools.
So if your kid falls in, they don’t drown if you’re not around.
(wake me when that happens)
(it seems like a trivial problem – or is it?)
Think about the swimming pool scene in the movie “Caddyshack” (1980), how does a robot navigate that scenario? – lots of kids screaming, superficially they seem like they’re drowning.
A heuristic database might include a rule that says: “must be below the surface, this long …” … That’s a simple rule. As long as the robot can determine if a child has been below the surface too long – but this too gets harder as you add children to the pool, or other objects.
It’s not a non-trivial problem.
“Science is philosophy with more discipline.” – Dr. Freckles
“I want to find out the truth, and then do something cool – if that’s not science and engineering, then what is it?” – Dr. Freckles
There’s an old school house in the parking lot, almost as if it’s on display, a monument, to a time now forgotten. Next to this is the “New Granada Jr High”, flashy and modern and plastic and aluminum.
With the old school house – there’s more “outside” than “inside”. You get the sense that it’s a limited space, but still a space of control – without any pretense.
The new school has it all. Food, fun, sports, drugs. The new school is a place you can dump your kid for the day.
The old school house had a way out for every room.
The new school house has a way in for every kid, and no way out.
“Really dumb, stupid, dangerous things can be consistent.” – Dr. Freckles
“Time travel and fracking have a LOT in common.” – Dr. Freckles
“Nothing is … UNTIL it is.” – Dr. Freckles
