alocispepraluger102 Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JAP...EMPLATE=DEFAULT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 I saw that on TV today--amazing. I was in Japan with Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1984. They had a science fai that we visited and Toshiko was asked to bring some sheet music. A robot pianist seemed to study the music, then limber its fingers before sight-reading and playing. If they had managed to give that robot some soul, all pianists would have something to worry about--and that was 23 years ago! That same day, another robot (this one made by Panasonic) drew portraits of Toshiko and me--mine is around here, somewhere, I'll try to dig it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Where's Isaac Asimov when you need him? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted December 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 I saw that on TV today--amazing. I was in Japan with Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1984. They had a science fai that we visited and Toshiko was asked to bring some sheet music. A robot pianist seemed to study the music, then limber its fingers before sight-reading and playing. If they had managed to give that robot some soul, all pianists would have something to worry about--and that was 23 years ago! That same day, another robot (this one made by Panasonic) drew portraits of Toshiko and me--mine is around here, somewhere, I'll try to dig it up. sight reading, 25 my years ago. OMG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 I saw that on TV today--amazing. I was in Japan with Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1984. They had a science fai that we visited and Toshiko was asked to bring some sheet music. A robot pianist seemed to study the music, then limber its fingers before sight-reading and playing. If they had managed to give that robot some soul, all pianists would have something to worry about--and that was 23 years ago! That same day, another robot (this one made by Panasonic) drew portraits of Toshiko and me--mine is around here, somewhere, I'll try to dig it up. Did you have to tip the robot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 No, Chris, these were staff robots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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