Think about it. Apart from environment mapping (which has existed for a long time), computer game characters (AI) have been doing the exact same things for ages.
The only difference really is this is real, and not virtual. We're ridiculously behind in things like AI and robotics, and it's mainly due to the fact that companies woke up a little too late. What you see in this video was possible a long time ago, and should have been done maybe 10-20 years ago.
If you did that, ASIMO would most likely stop moving all together since it would wait until the A* algorithm tries to find a path (which it never will).
@switchback: I don't have to take a bite out of any apple to know what it tastes like.
I can simply log all the operations being executed by the CPU, which will not affect anything nor leave any trace. Or I can tap into the program that is doing the encrypting and have it log the details for me. Either way, if the computer can read the key, the computer can tell me.
The only way around this would be to build a completely new computer design with a completely different architecture, and even then, I doubt it would be impossible.
@ switchbitch: That's not true. Data is still in bit form, and the best possible encryption key a price of data can have is of equal length.
In other words, a key the size of the file is just as secure (or insecure) as this 'quantum' key (assuming both keys are random). Even if this method relies on physics, a key based on bits still needs to be created in order to encrypt the data, which means one can find it, and steal it.
There is no such thing as an 'unbreakable' encryption. It is possible to make it 'almost impossible', which like I mentioned, would require a key the size of the data being encrypted.
There is NO FKN WAY that thing is worth $30,000. Manufacturing cost is probably like $3.
And don't believe any of this BS about it being hard to program these things to dance to rhythms. There's many free software available that can calculate a songs BPM automatically and there are free equalizers that can filter out frequencies and cut bands.
Either they are plain stupid to charge that amount, or someone made a typo.
Can someone please explain as to why almost all companies take ages to release products in other countries?
I'm curious... I thought if something is ready to be sold in one country, then technically speaking it would be ready for all countries. Just change the voltage and language...
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Think about it. Apart from environment mapping (which has existed for a long time), computer game characters (AI) have been doing the exact same things for ages.
The only difference really is this is real, and not virtual. We're ridiculously behind in things like AI and robotics, and it's mainly due to the fact that companies woke up a little too late. What you see in this video was possible a long time ago, and should have been done maybe 10-20 years ago.