12 Dec 2008, 1:59 pm
sartresue
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12 Dec 2008, 2:00 pm
Getting to the Bot(tom) of it all topic
I saw this on CTV news last night. the engineer stated he built this robot to service elderly and disabled people who need help. Help with what?
Apparently, he programmed "her" to slap someone and to protest if touched without "her" permission. 
And those clothes. I would imagine he dresses her in non- office attire when they are alone. 
Maybe I am envious. Build a guy like Data who knows 400 ways of satisfying a woman! 
12 Dec 2008, 2:13 pm
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12 Dec 2008, 2:50 pm
ahh, but would you think he was homosexual if he built a male version instead? he may have built her because he doesn't have the skills required to get a girlfriend, but then again that does describe quite a few guys on here so i would go calling him a loser because of it, even i might get offended
as for the 'assisting disabled/looking like a whore' argument all i can say is this, everything needs a prototype
besides, some old people don't feel comfortable around high tech gadgets and so if they look somewhat 'human' they may feel more at ease around them, and as for the sensor/slapping when being touched without permission thing i think it could be positive, if you had severe social issues and didn't know what was right or wrong would you rather touch a robot and get slaped and learn rather than touching another human and getting arrested/imprisoned?
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12 Dec 2008, 10:54 pm
yup.. the fembot crowd will go ape over that...
there's nothing that surprises me from that corner of the world... the universe is stranger than we can imagine...
13 Dec 2008, 12:21 am
No, I believe he's telling the truth: he doesn't get a wink of sleep with "her" in the bed!
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13 Dec 2008, 1:41 am
This endeavor is illogical. Machines should not become more like humans, it should be the other way around...
13 Dec 2008, 1:57 am
Whwen ever I see a robot done this way I dier a little inside.
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13 Dec 2008, 7:11 am
the perfect human, in theory, would be more mechanical than biological... well that's my theory.
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13 Dec 2008, 11:17 am
^What about it being both biological and mechanical.
Living tissue on the outside but mechanical from the inside!
