It's like the Turing test, but for dogs: Will a real dog attack one of Sony's Aibo robotic dogs if it thinks that the artificial canine is going after its food? Fortunately, scientists at Sony's Computer Science Lab in Paris are on the case, with the hilarious results caught on videotape, America's Funniest Home Video-style:
"The horrible screams that you hear at the end of this film were made by the experimenters, who were startled to see the dog attack the AIBO. This was the first time that the AIBO was attacked, but it was not the last. During the course of the experiment, the AIBO was sometimes knocked over, bitten and chewed. It is still in perfect working order, and shows no visible signs of damage."
[Via BoingBoing & Gizmodo]
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