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I was always surprised that Muffet the daggit (yes, that's what they called dogs in the 1978 version of Galactica) toys didn't take off more. Definitely one of the cutest robots of that period, even I myself preferred K9 as my robot dog of choice.Muffet from Battlestar Galactica
I thought of him as I was coming up with robots I remember being intrigued (if not a little weirded out) by. He was a big sensation. I think I was in grade 8. But then, I think he did Pepsi (or was it Coca Cola?) ads which ruined it a bit. Foreshadowing of the commercial use of Ai I guess!I was always surprised that Muffet the daggit (yes, that's what they called dogs in the 1978 version of Galactica) toys didn't take off more. Definitely one of the cutest robots of that period, even I myself preferred K9 as my robot dog of choice.
Does Max Headroom qualify? He's an AI, I think, even if in the TV show he was built from a neuroscan of Edison Carter, a journalist played by Canadian actor Matt Frewer.
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Daggit! I almost forgot they were called that.I was always surprised that Muffet the daggit (yes, that's what they called dogs in the 1978 version of Galactica) toys didn't take off more. Definitely one of the cutest robots of that period, even I myself preferred K9 as my robot dog of choice.
Does Max Headroom qualify? He's an AI, I think, even if in the TV show he was built from a neuroscan of Edison Carter, a journalist played by Canadian actor Matt Frewer.
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