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.
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.
I wish she tells us where she got the robot from.. the robot is called NAO, an autonomous, programmable robot owned by SoftBank Robotics.. the costs of the robot varies, but on average around $10K if you wanna get one 😄
@mortadelletube true , pausing is kind of a big important point. if you laugh , the noise you make laughing inhibits you from hearing the joke if there's no pause xD also linked jokes work better than completely random ones
I can see this a couple of years in the future being a party entertainment at home, or a toy for kids. Unfortunatelly, it was very short. I was very interested.in finding out if she buid the robot herself (or who build it, because I wanted to know if it has other applications) and where does it reference the movement and the jokes from.
Whoa, I thought that ppl who are interested in TEDTalks would be the kind to quickly get over the choice of clothing and actually pay attention to what's being said/shown. I, for example, noticed that the robot needs more programming to know how much time to wait before starting the next joke. Interesting ;)
@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!!!!
The question I have is how much this robot is actually effected by its surrounding and how well it reacts because playing a simple track is not all that special. It seems that it plays a joke and if people like it, it chooses another joke which is dubbed similar in genre similar to how itunes picks songs based off what you buy...
It's Technology, Entertainment and Design. This satisfied all three. You people can shut up. Just because you're old and her skirt made you uncomfortable is no reason to down vote her. She did very well in my opinion. Also, WoW what a babe! lol
It's not that funny (bad jokes and the performance is in no way a stand up routine, just reading/telling jokes) but the whole way it looks is very cute and the way he stood up and stood down is pretty awesome.
@khatack Define intelligence. It is actually not controversial whether they are living organism or not, since they are defined as non-living. Ever heard about Brainiac (yes, I know it is comic). A purpose or the look for one, is enough in order to function.
Wow, the quality of comments has not lived up to my expectations here. This isn't acceptable commentary for a TED talk comments page. These comments should be interesting, informative, engaging and inspiring; quite frankly I'm disappointed in the TH-cam community. I see nothing new here; these comments have been made before, although it's the first time someone got on stage without their pants so I'll give you that. Step it up people. I remember when TED comments used to be something special!
@Tolstoievsky No, they dont teach you determinism in med. school. And further on, this was the final conclusion after studying and researching in the field of neuroscience.
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 :)
if nothing else atleast thumbs up this these vids just because the guys have some dignity in putting the ads after the vid gets over not like some jerks who dont have any manners...forcing us to watch shitty ads before their shitty vids...
All of those people who help up the red cards are the people who go to good videos and click the dislike button just because they like to fuck everyting up.
That was horrible. The girl would have to lough every time mechanically just to make the robot respond... Poor audience was trying to interact in some way...to get a reaction for a reaction..that is the heart of standup....interaction on some level...which in this case Is zero.
Yeah... I fail to see how plasticity-based i/o A.I. is new. It's just a really big database in the tradition of the intelligent digital help desk from the 60s, but with different information in the database. Unless the "innovation" is in the little robot itself moving, which is really just an overly complex algorythm to make it do what a few mechanical loops could make it do. I know the text to speech module they are using isn't what is remarkable. I just don't get it. There's nothing new.
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.
she's such a nerd!! i freaking love it!!!
I love the Rolex commercial. The voice is soothing and the music is magical it reminds me of something in my childhood, very appealing.
"Tell some jokes!"
Am i the only one who is impressed by the fact that the robot could just stand up and sit down all by ITSELF!!! D:
Cool, very nice approach to robotics. I'll be interested to see where it goes in the future. Great to see something like this especially on TEDWomen.
Really impressive - Love it!
how has this only 500 likes, it's fantastic
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.
Dear Rolex, how many people go 2 thousand ft underwater and suddenly realise they need to know the time?
I want to see it pace the stage screaming like Sam Kinison.
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Oh-Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
Heather Knight is currently conducting her doctoral research at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute and YOU are posting comments on TH-cam.
I wish she tells us where she got the robot from.. the robot is called NAO, an autonomous, programmable robot owned by SoftBank Robotics.. the costs of the robot varies, but on average around $10K if you wanna get one 😄
@madnessdexter You just scared the s#$& out of me!
I swear to god if that robot starts talking about pie i will break my computer
@vintageSHOCK yes, and the feedback used as the data for a publication.
I'm glad someone out there noticed, Centurion480. [ How could ninety five people not like this ?? ]
This damn robot has all the comedic timing of a robot.
amazing!!!! where can i buy one?
What an awesome little robot. Nice motive and speech work.
This video is amazing, beautiful and very useful. I loved it❤😊
@mortadelletube true , pausing is kind of a big important point. if you laugh , the noise you make laughing inhibits you from hearing the joke if there's no pause xD also linked jokes work better than completely random ones
I can see this a couple of years in the future being a party entertainment at home, or a toy for kids.
Unfortunatelly, it was very short. I was very interested.in finding out if she buid the robot herself (or who build it, because I wanted to know if it has other applications) and where does it reference the movement and the jokes from.
this was so good, she should go to the real TED!
The one about the dead friend was hilarious!
So... When is TedMen going to happen, aye?
@yourix2
You have to know about robotics to understand & appreciate how hard it is to get a robot to do that.
@P00P0STER0US You read my mind. It was a great presentation, but I would suddenly think "where are her pants?" every few minutes. lol
How embarrassing to go up on stage forgetting your pants! People have nightmares about that sort of thing.
That is an exellent middle school project
They need to program the robot to hold for applause.
if this were "ted men" there would be multiple robots fighting each other with huge weapons
@geragna It's already got TED in the name, what more do you want?
Whoa, I thought that ppl who are interested in TEDTalks would be the kind to quickly get over the choice of clothing and actually pay attention to what's being said/shown. I, for example, noticed that the robot needs more programming to know how much time to wait before starting the next joke. Interesting ;)
Really cool robot. I wonder how it reacts to negative feedback.
oh dear... this is a nerds dream come true. I assume she's taken so I feel like my soul has been preemptively crushed.
@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!!!!
I like how the audience feels oddly compelled to patronize a robot.
That exploding tickle-me-elmo vid is waaay funnier
I found this robot more entertaining than Steve Carell.
Did they really have to put a three minute Rolex commercial at the end of this video?
It was awesome!!!
0:57 futurama reference, from ep "i dated a robot"
Amazing
Ha, the joke about the swiss army was a Jerry Seinfeld joke. I love it.
It needs a sensor to detect audience laughter to incroperate timing into the joke telling.
More like Robot Sit-Down Comedy, am I right you guys?
So 1/3 of the video is just a Rolex advert? Great...
The question I have is how much this robot is actually effected by its surrounding and how well it reacts because playing a simple track is not all that special. It seems that it plays a joke and if people like it, it chooses another joke which is dubbed similar in genre similar to how itunes picks songs based off what you buy...
@BrutticusForce the most destructive skirt i've ever seen.
Am I the only the one who forgot to turn down the volume for the first eight seconds?.
so basically, the TED audience was used as a test group... :))
It's Technology, Entertainment and Design. This satisfied all three. You people can shut up. Just because you're old and her skirt made you uncomfortable is no reason to down vote her. She did very well in my opinion. Also, WoW what a babe! lol
I like how shes not wearing any pants. Thumbs up!
"That was a joke. HA-HA. FAT CHANCE."
I'd chuckle if the robot whipped out a swiss army knife
and threw it at the first red card :)
Impressive!
Robot comedy? heh reminds me of the Robots from Mystery Science Theater 3000
It's not that funny (bad jokes and the performance is in no way a stand up routine, just reading/telling jokes) but the whole way it looks is very cute and the way he stood up and stood down is pretty awesome.
@khatack Define intelligence. It is actually not controversial whether they are living organism or not, since they are defined as non-living. Ever heard about Brainiac (yes, I know it is comic). A purpose or the look for one, is enough in order to function.
I love robots.
Wow, the quality of comments has not lived up to my expectations here. This isn't acceptable commentary for a TED talk comments page. These comments should be interesting, informative, engaging and inspiring; quite frankly I'm disappointed in the TH-cam community. I see nothing new here; these comments have been made before, although it's the first time someone got on stage without their pants so I'll give you that. Step it up people. I remember when TED comments used to be something special!
Oh to one day have my very own Kryten. What a dream.......
@Tolstoievsky No, they dont teach you determinism in med. school. And further on, this was the final conclusion after studying and researching in the field of neuroscience.
It doesn't wait for the laughs and reactions enough time, at least I think this was a flaw, but other than that, I think it was good.
If only the woman are laughing, nothing is actually funny.
If everyone is laughing, its a good joke
If only the men are laughing, its comedic genius.
Extra, extra: Yellow is now green.
That is very interesting. Great comeback for intelligent beings which are artificial.
she needs to teach it how to pause for audience feedback.
@exacerbatedtaboo Better than an unskippable ad in front of it..
I don't know why Rolex would use a marketing pitch bragging about what they HAVE done to a bunch of people that are concerned with that will be...
she's wearing a tunic. I feel like she should wield a sword and look for rupees.
It's like a mini GLaDOS, minus the hunger for killing humans :D
did she seem a bit robotic herself to anyone else? i'm suspicious... hahaha
Data, don't quit your day job.
@khatack Correction: some humans do posses intelligence. And no, you don't need emotions to thrive. Look for instance at viruses.
Interresting clip, but not really anything groundbreaking.
I dislike ~30% of the clip being ads. Though it's the same as most television channels.
this robot is actually a meta-joke....telling jokes without inflection and stage presence sucks the humour out of any joke with HILARIOUS efficiency
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 :)
Cool.
The robot needs to learn to wait until the audience quiets down before starting into the next joke.
@SiliconBong apparently.
106 people lifted a red paper.
@LookingGlass78 Thats the upgraded model...
@d3st88 Possibly, but it's hard to tell without getting a good look at her KITT.
@della206 Explain Steven Wright.
Hottest TED speaker yet? She's way cute.
how many people in a life time could afford a 20k Rolex watch... lol
@AsSheFelliSmiled You must not take me seriously under any circumstances. I'm serious.
if nothing else atleast thumbs up this these vids just because the guys have some dignity in putting the ads after the vid gets over not like some jerks who dont have any manners...forcing us to watch shitty ads before their shitty vids...
The one woman with the red card LOL
The jokes were alright, but the delivery was a bit, Robotic!
Turn Heather Knight into a fem-bot and i'm sold.
i want a rolex
@bottlezone Maybe it was nervous? :)
All of those people who help up the red cards are the people who go to good videos and click the dislike button just because they like to fuck everyting up.
Ten points for the charming and cute design, zero points for the general idea of robotic comedy. Someone clearly missed the point here.
That was horrible. The girl would have to lough every time mechanically just to make the robot respond...
Poor audience was trying to interact in some way...to get a reaction for a reaction..that is the heart of standup....interaction on some level...which in this case Is zero.
@Jaikkanen agreed.
@sciukie23
But then again, the Rolex add *is* brilliant. ^^
@Mozart2Vienna you are new to jokes, aren't you?
Yeah... I fail to see how plasticity-based i/o A.I. is new. It's just a really big database in the tradition of the intelligent digital help desk from the 60s, but with different information in the database.
Unless the "innovation" is in the little robot itself moving, which is really just an overly complex algorythm to make it do what a few mechanical loops could make it do. I know the text to speech module they are using isn't what is remarkable.
I just don't get it. There's nothing new.