Sad Robot: DIY Machine Mistakes Portrait Gallery for Real Humans
alexisgallagher · x · 2026-08-05
A developer shared a funny fail from their interactive DIY robot. Designed to initiate conversations when it detects a human face nearby, the robot currently and pathetically tries to chat with the portrait gallery on the wall. The creator is now working on an image processing solution for this niche 'portrait exclusion' problem to fix the adversarial environment.
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