[extropy-chat] predictions for the robot races

[Eugen Leitl]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:18:02PM -0800, Spike wrote:

> Im heading out in the morning to watch the
> robot races.  Anyone wish to speculate on the
> outcome?  I predict that the million dollar
> prize will not be claimed this year, that no

I agree with that.

> team will cross the line in under 10 hours.
> I further predict that no team will cross
> the finish line at all this year: all the
> bots will meet some untimely end somewhere
> along the 200 mile course.

That also appears likely. It takes a good human driver to meet the
requirements, I assume designers will push for speed, which will result in a
high probability of accident.

In case the race becomes an institution, the objections *will* be met at the
next race, or the next after that.

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