Still can’t beat Spock, though.

Geez, we can’t even win simple children’s games anymore. First it was crosses and naughts (tic-tac-toe as we call it in the U.S.), then it was chess, checkers, and any other game you can imagine. Now, they can even win – every single time no less – at rock, paper, scissors.

A robot has been developed in Japan that is so fast at determining what shape is being made by its opponents hand that it is impossible to beat. However, as the article notes, it’s not really playing, it’s cheating. Still, it’s wining. Every time. When robots start winning at rock paper scissors, all hope for humanity is lost.