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Poker-faced player: Robots are supposed to serve man without question but, according to one cyberneticist, a new breed is evolving that can see, read, talk, learn and even feel emotions
Poker-faced player: Robots are supposed to serve man without question but, according to one cyberneticist, a new breed is evolving that can see, read, talk, learn and even feel emotions

Poker-faced player: Robots are supposed to serve man without question but, according to one cyberneticist, a new breed is evolving that can see, read, talk, learn and even feel emotions

Date3/2/1979
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  • Poker-faced player: Robots are supposed to serve man without question but, according to one cyberneticist, a new breed is evolving that can see, read, talk, learn and even feel emotions
  • Poker-faced player: Robots are supposed to serve man without question but; according to one cyberneticist; a new breed is evolving that can see; read; talk; learn and even feel emotions.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Poker-faced player: Robots are supposed to serve man without question but; according to one cyberneticist; a new breed is evolving that can see; read; talk; learn and even feel emotions.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013618F
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      Booming robots: President of GMF Robotics, Eric Mittlestadt, reads the firm's annual report with the help of a mechanized friend
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      Mixed emotions: Jack Morris didn't feel so hot after Delon Sanders, Lonnie Smith and Dave Justice (left to right) celebrated Smith's grand slam in the fifth inning
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      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      3/24/1981
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      10/8/1987
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      Hradsky, Nadine
      6/14/1963
      Amusing observations supposed to be made by children in early life : which will enable them to learn to read, and converse with propriety
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      Semple, Elizabeth, active 1804-1816
      1808
      You don't say!: Dr. Paul Turner and his wife, Annice, from Perth, Ont. stopped to chat with two talking robots when they registered for the annual OMA meeting yesterday at the Harbour Castle Hilton hotel. Geigy is not from Star Wars, but he is one of the latest technicological advances.
      You don't say!: Dr. Paul Turner and his wife, Annice, from Perth, Ont. stopped to chat with two talking robots when they registered for the annual OMA meeting yesterday at the Harbour Castle Hilton hotel. Geigy is not from Star Wars, but he is one of the latest technicological advances.
      Spremo, Boris
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      Dunlop, Al
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      McConnell, Colin
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      McConnell, Colin
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