Sounds about right, go Vegas too!

Ok then whatever team Marner is on now

Leafs.

Makes sense, I still think there would be demand for an autonomous police dog if it could smell like a real dog, but that's pretty niche too.

This is news to me, are there really movie theaters that inject smells into the theater? And is that what they're calling 4D movies? Or is that something else entirely?

Whoa, very cool. I wonder what the killer application of robots with useful noses might be... autonomous police dogs that can sniff a trace of a missing person or a drug transport route?

You could argue some of the robots with hand movement capabilities can already touch, but I'm more thinking about the finer control of being able to detect when a baker's dough is just the right consistency or whether a woodworker's table is planed or sanded.

How would you approach the problem of getting a computer to recognize smells?

Interesting, maybe it will be done with pen and paper too. Hard to be certain someone isn't using AI when the writing lives on the internet.

I think there's a good chance cooking makes a comeback when robots are able to make meals in less time and with better precision, even if only as a once-a-week gathering of friends for dinner.

Good points all around.

Because it's a small price to pay to understand some big ideas.

Worth spending 15 minutes reading, and another 15 minutes re-reading.

Do you think a tax credit system like the one above would cause the new Austin conference center team to re-design their new building?

There is a flavor of this idea that exists already in the form of religious buildings.

In many places, churches don't pay local property taxes.

Now, of course the exemption isn't because of the beauty and durability of a particular church, but it is interesting to note that in many cities, their churches are some of the most beautiful buildings and have often stood for centuries.