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Cure for love: Fall for a robot to fend off heartache
New Scientist ^ | 2-14-14 | Catherine de Lange

Posted on 02/23/2014 7:10:39 PM PST by ReformationFan

At least the bride was definitely going to show up. In November 2009, a Japanese man stood before a congregation to marry the woman he loved, Nene Anegasaki. In doing so, he became the first man to marry a computer game character – Nene is one of three "virtual girlfriends" in the Nintendo DS game Love Plus.

The marriage might not be recognised by the state, but to the groom, who goes by his on-screen name Sal9000, the relationship is very real. In the months leading up to the wedding the couple went everywhere together, they chatted intimately, held hands and Sal fell in love. After the wedding, he took Nene on honeymoon, then home to meet his parents.

Sal says he is in love with the character rather the machine, and presumably he's not alone – over 250,000 copies of Love Plus have been sold in Japan since it launched in 2009.

Spike Jonze's latest film Her takes the idea further, depicting a future in which phone operating systems are advanced enough to substitute a real romance. So just how likely are we to fall in love with a machine?

(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Science; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bigbangtheory; japan; neneanegasaki; robot; siri; stepfordwives; virtualreality
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To: Army Air Corps

Another b-movie fan?
We are legion?


41 posted on 02/23/2014 7:57:44 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: BRL

“The Guys Are Gone. Here We Go!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeo9mVnuuWo


42 posted on 02/23/2014 7:59:56 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: ReformationFan

43 posted on 02/23/2014 8:03:24 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (I just messed up my tagline. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Darksheare

Mega B-Movie fan, here.


44 posted on 02/23/2014 8:05:13 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: UCANSEE2

Krieger from archer!


45 posted on 02/23/2014 8:05:34 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Army Air Corps

The Video Dead.
Hilarious b-movie.


46 posted on 02/23/2014 8:06:19 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: the_daug

Highly underrated album, “Time”.


47 posted on 02/23/2014 8:10:54 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: BRL; All

That was essentially the premise of the demise of man in the movie “AI”...


48 posted on 02/23/2014 8:12:18 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Darksheare

I’ll have to check it out.

I have been a fan of B-movies since I was a wee bairn and that is one of the reasons why I love shows like MST3K.

If you like cheesy Sci-Fi TV shows, then there is Planet of the Maidens from the UK and Phoenix Five from Australia.


49 posted on 02/23/2014 8:13:00 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: ladyjane

“Close To Me”

I’ve waited hours for this
I’ve made myself so sick
I wish I’d stayed asleep today
I never thought that this day would end
I never thought that tonight could ever be
This close to me

Just try to see in the dark
Just try to make it work
To feel the fear before you’re here
I make the shapes come much too close
I pull my eyes out
Hold my breath
And wait until I shake

But if I had your faith
Then I could make it safe and clean
If only I was sure
That my head on the door was a dream

I’ve waited hours for this
I’ve made myself so sick
I wish I’d stayed asleep today
I never thought that this day would end
I never thought that tonight could ever be
This close to me

But if I had your face
I could make it safe and clean
If only I was sure
That my head on the door
Was a dream

The Cure - Close To Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17yc_uKfiU8


50 posted on 02/23/2014 8:43:00 PM PST by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: ReformationFan

i don’t think apple’s warranty will cover getting semen out of your iphone.

it may sound blunt but i don’t sugarcoat things.

oh, and that’s probably what they’ll call what the guy does to his iphone. sugarcoating.


51 posted on 02/23/2014 8:46:32 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Darksheare
 photo archer.jpeg
52 posted on 02/23/2014 8:46:55 PM PST by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: berdie

cherry 2000.


53 posted on 02/23/2014 8:47:46 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Zeneta

Since you’re a Cure fan:

“show me how you do that trick
the one that makes me scream” she said
“the one that makes me laugh” she said
and threw her arms around my neck
“show me how you do it
and i promise you i promise that
i’ll run away with you
i’ll run away with you”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS_ux2H473I


54 posted on 02/23/2014 8:49:57 PM PST by Redcitizen (When a zombie apocalypse starts, Chuck Norris doesn't try to survive. The zombies do.)
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To: Darksheare
Sexually transmitted computer virii..

I don't suppose a Trojan would help ??

55 posted on 02/23/2014 9:02:14 PM PST by DeFault User (Obamacare needs to be changed often, just like a baby's diaper--and for the same reason.)
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To: DeFault User

This is where Trojan Man starts looking guilty.


56 posted on 02/23/2014 9:17:39 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: ReformationFan; All
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57 posted on 02/23/2014 9:24:56 PM PST by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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To: Redcitizen

not necessarily a fan, but when the target is rich, I’m happy to fire,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nKZt8uz9ZM


58 posted on 02/23/2014 9:34:17 PM PST by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: ReformationFan

Isn’t that just some fancy way to be a wanker?


59 posted on 02/23/2014 9:46:13 PM PST by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: ReformationFan
I don't know... I saw a couple of episodes of Star Trek, TNG, where chicks fell for Data, and even though he was "anatomically correct," it never ended well for the women.

Mark

60 posted on 02/23/2014 10:37:35 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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