Self-Tuning Guitar?

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

Help is at hand from what is described as the world's first robot guitar — an electric guitar that not only keeps itself in tune even after string changes but also allows players to access six nonstandard tunings at the push of a button.

After 15 years of research, Gibson Guitar is launching a limited edition Les Paul Robot Guitar next month that has set players abuzz with both enthusiasm and skepticism.

The amateur in me thinks it's pretty cool to never have to tune. Even after a string change, you just pick it up and play, which is, after all what we want to do most with a guitar. The purist in me, however, thinks that learning to tune a guitar is a big part of being a "guitarist." I don't play the guitar, but I've actually kind of enjoyed learning to restring and retune my mandolin as I've practiced and developed over the years. There's something kind of cool about restringing and then getting your tuning set up exactly the way you want it.