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  • Re: A robot zitherist plays the Guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrume

    From Jan Panteltje@21:1/5 to bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com on Sun Dec 3 17:23:23 2023
    On a sunny day (Sun, 3 Dec 2023 08:27:57 -0800 (PST)) it happened Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote in <bf2f41f2-0d5f-42f1-beac-ec01eaab3b61n@googlegroups.com>:

    On Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 5:52:12 AM UTC-5, a a wrote:
    A robot zitherist plays the Guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument, at=
    the GAC Technology Museum in China's Guangzhou. #technology


    https://twitter.com/i/status/1731229400417665139

    Why did they make the robot look Caucasian?

    I played the Guzhen today on my Fasley keyboard :-)
    Beep!

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  • From John Larkin@21:1/5 to bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com on Sun Dec 3 10:01:13 2023
    On Sun, 3 Dec 2023 08:27:57 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 5:52:12?AM UTC-5, a a wrote:
    A robot zitherist plays the Guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument, at the GAC Technology Museum in China's Guangzhou. #technology


    https://twitter.com/i/status/1731229400417665139

    Why did they make the robot look Caucasian?

    Why did they make it look human?

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  • From John Larkin@21:1/5 to bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com on Sun Dec 3 14:10:44 2023
    On Sun, 3 Dec 2023 11:38:12 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 1:01:30?PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
    On Sun, 3 Dec 2023 08:27:57 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs
    <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 5:52:12?AM UTC-5, a a wrote:
    A robot zitherist plays the Guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument, at the GAC Technology Museum in China's Guangzhou. #technology


    https://twitter.com/i/status/1731229400417665139

    Why did they make the robot look Caucasian?
    Why did they make it look human?

    What would you want? A dragon?

    Something like R2D2 or a Dalek would make more sense.

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  • From Phil Hobbs@21:1/5 to Fred Bloggs on Wed Dec 6 16:28:29 2023
    On 2023-12-03 14:38, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 1:01:30 PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
    On Sun, 3 Dec 2023 08:27:57 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs
    <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 5:52:12?AM UTC-5, a a wrote:
    A robot zitherist plays the Guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument, at the GAC Technology Museum in China's Guangzhou. #technology


    https://twitter.com/i/status/1731229400417665139

    Why did they make the robot look Caucasian?
    Why did they make it look human?

    What would you want? A dragon?

    That would be way cooler. ;)

    Cheers

    Phil Hobbs

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