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The hyper-real robots that will replace receptionists, pop stars... and even sex dolls: Unnervingly
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Posted on 11/21/2014 2:23:17 PM PST by BenLurkin
Chillingly life-like robots are causing a storm in Japan where their creators are about to launch them as actresses, full-size mechanical copies for pop idol fans, and clones of the dearly departed.
There is even talk that the naturalistic, even engaging, she-droids may be taken up as men as partners in the not-too-distant future.
Android Asuna was a star attraction at Tokyo Designers Week showcase earlier this month and she is one of a series of geminoids, as their inventor dubs them, that are ripe for commercialisation say their creator robotics professor Hiroshi Ishiguro.
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A fully independent version of the geminoid is expected in 10 years using all the above technologies to make her virtually indistinguishable from humans says Mr. Takeshi Mita, CEO of A-Lab in Tokyo, the company working with Prof. Ishiguro to make Asuna and her kind commercial.
'We already have 20 year's experience making androids in the lab. So in 10 years we will marry AI and life like geminoids in perfection,' he told MailOnline.
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
You will probably end up with some technician in India asking you technical and intimate questions about the product.
Nah, forget it.
41
posted on
11/21/2014 3:03:52 PM PST
by
353FMG
To: Salamander
It’s 2014 in America. It was acceptable for many ‘conservatives’ when Thad Cockroach fessed up Didn’t stop them from demanding we support him. Why should I stay in the closet? Sheep now...Sheep forever! ;)
To: Salamander
Realdoll.com. We’re almost there now.
To: BenLurkin
Um, guys? What do you think will happen to men when women can buy a walking, talking vibrator that never goes soft, never farts or has morning breath, never forgets to shave, never argues, never wants to change the channel, and never gets tired of giving her his undivided attention and paying rapt attention to her every word?
44
posted on
11/21/2014 3:05:59 PM PST
by
Flatus I. Maximus
(Obstruct. Oppose. Overthrow. Obama.)
To: BenLurkin
"Sample And Hold"
Sample and Hold
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Eyes: Blue
Weight: 110
Disposition: Even
Mood Code: Rotary Adjustable
I need a unit to sample and hold
But not the angry one
A new design, new design.
I need a unit to sample and hold
But not the lonely one
A new design, new design.
I need a unit to sample and hold
But not the lonely one
A new design, new design.
Sample and hold.
We'll send it out right away
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Please specify
The color of skin and eye
We know you'll be happy.
Don't hesitate to give us a call
We know you'll be satisfied
When you energize
And see your unit come alive
We know you'll be happy.
I need a unit to sample and hold
But not the lonely one,
the lonely one,
the lonely one
Sample and hold.
Weight: 110.
Perfection in every details
Fabricated from
the curl of the hair
To the tip of the nail
Because our units never fail
We know you'll be happy.
I need a unit to sample and hold.
Don't hesitate to give us a call
We know you'll be satisfied
When you energize
And see your unit come alive
We know you'll be happy.
I need a unit to sample and hold.
We know you'll be happy 110
We know you'll be happy
We know you'll be happy.
But not the lonely one
A new design, new design
Perfection in every detail,
new design
Sample and hold.
45
posted on
11/21/2014 3:07:23 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Flatus I. Maximus
“Sorry, dear, can’t hear you over the sound of unboxing my new Japanese schoolgirl bondage cheerleader Gynoid...did you day something?”
To: Flatus I. Maximus
47
posted on
11/21/2014 3:10:19 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: Ken H
Travelin’ Man by Ricky Nelson
48
posted on
11/21/2014 3:11:03 PM PST
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2016; I pray we make it that long.)
To: Flatus I. Maximus
Trust me.
Women will want their robots to argue with them.
49
posted on
11/21/2014 3:12:34 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Norm Lenhart
50
posted on
11/21/2014 3:12:47 PM PST
by
Salamander
(My soul's on fire.)
To: BenLurkin
Cherry 2000 versus The Stepford Wives. Hmm...
51
posted on
11/21/2014 3:14:25 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: BenLurkin
Ha.
Mudd’s woman troubles.
52
posted on
11/21/2014 3:14:32 PM PST
by
Salamander
(My soul's on fire.)
To: Salamander
Then you might want to avoid the section of the porn industry dedicated to them as well...
Yup. They went there.
To: doorgunner69
All you have to do is call and ask specifically for Mary or Dave.
/Indian tech humor
54
posted on
11/21/2014 3:17:11 PM PST
by
Salamander
(My soul's on fire.)
To: Norm Lenhart
55
posted on
11/21/2014 3:20:37 PM PST
by
Salamander
(My soul's on fire.)
To: BenLurkin
Only until they invent a robot that can pay alimony.
56
posted on
11/21/2014 3:21:42 PM PST
by
Flatus I. Maximus
(Obstruct. Oppose. Overthrow. Obama.)
To: Salamander
Possibly ‘5” outside ZomZoms. Must have been “Down in the Park” With Gary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ci7lssNMRI
Play Music
“Down In The Park”
Down in the park with the machmen
meet the machines playing kill by numbers
Down in the park with a friend called five
I was in a car crash or was it the war
But I’ve never been quite the same
Little white lies like I was there
Come to Zom-Zom’s the place to eat
Like it was built in one day
You can watch the humans trying to run
Oh look there’s a rape machine
I’d go outside if it’d look the other way
Wouldn’t believe the things they do
Down in the park
Where the chant is death, death, death
‘Til sun cries morning
Down in the park with friends of mine
We are not lovers, we are not romantics
We are here to serve you
Different face but the words never change
To: Flatus I. Maximus
“Um, guys? What do you think will happen to men when women can buy a walking, talking vibrator...”
Most women I know wouldn’t be able to get the thing to work. “Honey, the walking talking vibrator crashed again...”
To: BenLurkin
..and doesn’t b1tch about it.
When the fembots start b1tching about it, it’s really game over.
59
posted on
11/21/2014 3:24:40 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
Did I mention that it vibrates! ...Vibrates!
/Archer
60
posted on
11/21/2014 3:25:09 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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