Show HN: I built four eight-foot-long handwriting robots
Though this is technically impressive, the continued pretending of &quot;personalization&quot; is pretty disgusting to me.<p>Why not just be explicit that it&#x27;s automated? Because people don&#x27;t like that. So we automate anyway and pretend. It&#x27;s just sad.<p>Reminds me of the deep-fakes that are becoming popular that allow you to &quot;personalize&quot; video messages. I&#x27;m curious of OP had any moral qualms about deceiving people, and I ask this with complete sincerity and with no desire to downplay the (technical) impressiveness of the project.<p>---<p>Those comments aside, and in the interest of having a more productive, positive comment - I&#x27;ll say that if the machine described could be miniaturized sufficiently - it, combined with some deep learning could be nice for those who are losing the ability to properly write.