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A robot sure would be unlikely to do it. That's leaving out the fact that humans would be far less lkely than a robot to get stuck do to much faster real time sensory input evaluation and reaction.

It's really really simple guys. We use people for research and exploration where we can because they are better at it than robots. I'm almost certainly not as knowledgeable as Sawyer on robotics, but as an occasional automation engineer I know artificial intelligence has proven of very limited use so far. We run our dangerous chemical plants with humans or computers using simple repettitive logic on known scenarios. Many chemical companies choose to run trials with humans rather than computers becuase they expect based on experience that computer programs will fail or lockup due to the unexpected. I have always striven to automate out human decision making in routine operations to make operations more repeatable and eliminate night shift sleep deprivation errors so I understand computerphiles preference for automation, but I also understand the lack of flexibility without true artificial intelligence. I have grave doubts we are anywhere close to true AI as well as concerns about how much intelligence and decision making we want to leave to machines.

Regards,
Mark

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