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[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

You said non-humanoid is a broad description like it's a negative.

No, I said it like it's a meaningless phrase.

Fixating on making the robot humanoid unnecessarily narrows it down.

Its not a fixation. Its simple logic that I've already explained. Everything we own is designed to be used by humans, so creating a humanoid robot makes them extremely versatile.

Form and function are by definition not the same

That's not correct at all. Function is very largely tied to form, especially in the case of robotics.

[–] jwt@programming.dev 1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

This is not the argument clinic.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 10 hours ago

What does that even mean?

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Then… don’t ask a question and argue with someone when they give a plausible answer, maybe?

[–] jwt@programming.dev 1 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

It was a rhetorical question, smartass