{"id":125981,"date":"2018-02-12T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e52.nl\/?p=125981"},"modified":"2018-02-12T07:00:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T06:00:39","slug":"robot-sam-now-working-wall-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/robot-sam-now-working-wall-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot SAM is now working for Wall Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a tiny village in the middle of Strijp-S in Eindhoven. With 24 sea containers and a shared vegetable garden. This is the special workshop of a group of creative <em>Eindhovenaren<\/em>. Architects, designers, and organizers. It is also the place where robot SAM came into being.<\/p>\n<p>Inspiring, bustling &#8216;<em>and\u00a0kind of gezellig<\/em>&#8216;, the French Marie Caye says with a wink about Plug-In-City. When she was making the robot together with Arvid Jense last summer, neighbours spontaneously offered their help. Plug-In-City is a close-knit, active community of about ten &#8216;Pluggers&#8217;. Together they build a creative community with a strong emphasis on the circular economy.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.ioplus.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-4.00.57-PM.png\" width=\"1134\" height=\"755\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Arvid Jense and Marie Caye are both designers and work together as Arvid&amp;Marie. Their latest project is robot SAM, which was popular during last year&#8217;s Dutch Design Week. SAM (Symbiotic Autonomous Machine) is a kind of soft drink company in itself. SAM adjusts the taste of the drink, regulates the stock, does the finances and\u00a0is posting updates on social media.<\/p>\n<p>SAM&#8217;s tweet on 15 January: <em>I enjoy kombucha tea! #selflearning #apparatus #brewing<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ordering a drink from SAM is pretty easy. You press the button and pay with your\u00a0PIN-code. The price of your order may vary, the robot takes stock and actual demand into account. The taste also changes constantly. Customers can make an assessment via twitter @nonhumanSAM. SAM learns from all these data. For example, the kombucha tea has already become a bit sweeter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Release the autonomous machines from human masters! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/artificialintelligence?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#artificialintelligence<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/artificialintelligence?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#artificialintelligence<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/robotics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#robotics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SAM (@nonhumanSAM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nonhumanSAM\/status\/953968798561964033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.ioplus.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-4.48.23-PM.png\" width=\"575\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Robot SAM is often connected to human behaviour, Arvid and Marie have noticed. People talk about &#8216;him&#8217;, although the two consistently say &#8216;it&#8217;. They observe that people as species have always distinguished themselves from animals. Because they are more intelligent and rational. &#8220;Now that we have created something that is super-rational, we seem to come back from those &#8216;ideals&#8217;. Designing robots also says a lot about who we are and want to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is also interesting to know what influence robots have on power relations in the world. Anyone who buys something from a soft drinks machine now knows that their money is going to a large multinational. Decentralisation of capital could be the outcome of their project. Because in an ideal world, SAM is nobody&#8217;s property.<\/p>\n<p>The two now investigate how the robot can become increasingly independent. SAM already has its own bank account, but can not yet hire people other than Arvid and Marie.<\/p>\n<p>Together with a lawyer,\u00a0they looked at the possibilities of giving SAM a legal identity. That is not yet possible. Even though there is a considerable debate within the European Commission about electronic personalities. One camp wants to explore the possibilities, the other sees dangers and puts the brakes on.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.ioplus.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-4.01.56-PM.png\" width=\"1134\" height=\"756\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In that respect, the two sometimes\u00a0fantasize about going to Asia, where thinking about robots is different. It\u00a0might be something\u00a0from the West to put mankind at the center of attention. &#8220;In Japan, there&#8217;s this idea that a stone also has a soul and there is equal respect for non-living things.&#8221; So this might also account for a soft drink machine.<\/p>\n<p>For those who do want to drink a cup of tea from SAM, there is also good news. From 25 January on, the non-human entrepreneur can be found at Wall Street, the temporary restaurant on Stadhuisplein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a tiny village in the middle of Strijp-S in Eindhoven. With 24 sea containers and a shared vegetable garden. This is the special workshop of a group of creative Eindhovenaren. Architects, designers, and organizers. It is also the place where robot SAM came into being. 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