When I was young, my mother read me the story of John Henry taking on the steam-powered hammer. Nothing made me happier than when Henry beat that mechanical son of a bitch. So this robot, capable of defeating a person in Rock, Paper, Scissors every single time, is something I want to smash.

And as it turns out, this thing’s nothing but a dirty cheat.

It only takes a single millisecond for the robot to recognize what shape your hand is in, and just a few more for it to make the shape that beats you, but it all happens so fast that it's more or less impossible to tell that the robot is waiting until you commit yourself before it makes its move, allowing it to win 100% of the time.

[H/T: Gawker]