Thursday, October 30, 2025

The Problem with a Humanoid Robot Puppet

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j31dmodZ-5c At this point its more like a puppet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepresence#Implementation_of_human_sensory_elements

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telerobotics#Interfaces In contrast AgI can start to run circles around people and even do backflips. 

A remotely controlled robot with human intelligence behind the scenes is still just a puppet. Such tech is actually great when a person needs to do a task from another location. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telerobotics#Telemedicine

In 2009 there was the movie Surrogates in which people lived a partially remotely-controlled life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrogates#Plot Each of the main characters in the story had their own lifelike haptic puppet. You are back at home with something like a GoPro 


https://pirates.fandom.com/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean_(ride) 

https://www.tiktok.com/@nostalgiamountain/video/7247667085562662149?lang=en In this setup JD as Captain Jack_Sparrow never required haptic link, because its all just automatic puppetry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean_(attraction)  


From Jack Sparrow to a repaired robot sparrow in Westworld

In the Westworld_(TV_series)Maeve_Millay no longer just wants to be a preprogrammed puppet on a digital loop of orchestrated B$ for someone else's amusement.

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Maeve_Millay  

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Maeve_Millay/Contrapasso

https://www.looper.com/944557/maeve-millays-best-westworld-episodes-ranked-by-toughness/