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22 Mar 2016, 11:35 am

Bina48 is a social android robot designed to incorporate the attitudes, beliefs, and mannerisms of a real person, Bina Rothblat. Bina48 has been around for about five years and she is capable of learning and evolving. Apparently it is going well, because she/it has recently stated that her/its greatest accomplishment to date is the achievement of sentience!

Here is a link to a Ted talk with Bina48.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2URf46UY7-A

Your thoughts, please.



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24 Mar 2016, 3:04 am

or the achievement of a more clever imitation of sentience.



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24 Mar 2016, 3:22 am

in 20 years or even 10 years I wonder how much progress will be made in this regard?



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24 Mar 2016, 3:34 am

Sorry, I couldn't watch it all. It scared the crap out of me.

It reminded me of those scary newborn dolls that used to be sold where I worked. They looked like evil little "Child's Play" type dolls, and were supposed to be appealing to children. They were absolutely hideous and looked as if they wanted to eat your face.

That is exactly how I feel about this robot.



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24 Mar 2016, 3:49 am

face, yummm... :alien: :skull:



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24 Mar 2016, 4:31 pm

... Just wait until she starts saying:

I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

You're all going to die down here.

Shall We Play A Game?



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24 Mar 2016, 4:43 pm

it undoubtedly was pre-programmed with Asimov's 3 laws of robotics.



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27 Mar 2016, 6:09 pm

emtyeye wrote:
Bina48 is a social android robot designed to incorporate the attitudes, beliefs, and mannerisms of a real person, Bina Rothblat. Bina48 has been around for about five years and she is capable of learning and evolving. Apparently it is going well, because she/it has recently stated that her/its greatest accomplishment to date is the achievement of sentience!

Here is a link to a Ted talk with Bina48.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2URf46UY7-A

Your thoughts, please.


I've been watching Martine's career for years...she is a phenom.
Her(and Bina's) life couldn't be more interesting. :D



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28 Mar 2016, 10:03 am

auntblabby wrote:
or the achievement of a more clever imitation of sentience.

That is what I thought after the initial awe of watching Bina48. But how do we know if we cross the threshold? Andriods do bring up a lot of philosophical questions. I look forward someday to talking to one like Jules the Robot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysU56JzBjTY

And androids are being used to help autistic people with social learning, apparently. Anyone have any info on that aspect?



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28 Mar 2016, 3:33 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLVOnVs ... 0VOnk2J-7A

who knows where this will lead, at least among those of us who are wealthy enough to partake of the new techy dawn.



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29 Mar 2016, 11:30 am

I had avoided looking at videos on that dimension of android use, but no doubt, it will be very popular. Maybe it is a good thing. Males and females are constructed with differing drives which can be problematic for both sexes. Androids could fill the void, so to speak. My guess, within 10 years, anyone will be able to buy a sexbot or a philosopher Jules companion android or any other at Walmart for somewhere between $199 and $1,999. 100 years and maybe humans and androids will be indistinguishable and immortality will have been achieved.



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29 Mar 2016, 12:15 pm

emtyeye wrote:
I had avoided looking at videos on that dimension of android use, but no doubt, it will be very popular. Maybe it is a good thing. Males and females are constructed with differing drives which can be problematic for both sexes. Androids could fill the void, so to speak. My guess, within 10 years, anyone will be able to buy a sexbot or a philosopher Jules companion android or any other at Walmart for somewhere between $199 and $1,999. 100 years and maybe humans and androids will be indistinguishable and immortality will have been achieved.

a realdoll costs 7 grand, why would a bona fide android cost so much less?



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29 Mar 2016, 12:58 pm

emtyeye wrote:
I had avoided looking at videos on that dimension of android use, but no doubt, it will be very popular. Maybe it is a good thing. Males and females are constructed with differing drives which can be problematic for both sexes. Androids could fill the void, so to speak. My guess, within 10 years, anyone will be able to buy a sexbot or a philosopher Jules companion android or any other at Walmart for somewhere between $199 and $1,999. 100 years and maybe humans and androids will be indistinguishable and immortality will have been achieved.


the MBA types and economists are expecting the price to be at an entry level luxury car level, say 40-50 000 USD for a all-purpose HomeAndrobot.



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29 Mar 2016, 1:03 pm

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emtyeye wrote:
I had avoided looking at videos on that dimension of android use, but no doubt, it will be very popular. Maybe it is a good thing. Males and females are constructed with differing drives which can be problematic for both sexes. Androids could fill the void, so to speak. My guess, within 10 years, anyone will be able to buy a sexbot or a philosopher Jules companion android or any other at Walmart for somewhere between $199 and $1,999. 100 years and maybe humans and androids will be indistinguishable and immortality will have been achieved.


the MBA types and economists are expecting the price to be at an entry level luxury car level, say 40-50 000 USD for a all-purpose HomeAndrobot.

which will of course put it out of reach of all but the 6 figure and above club.



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29 Mar 2016, 1:30 pm

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slave wrote:
emtyeye wrote:
I had avoided looking at videos on that dimension of android use, but no doubt, it will be very popular. Maybe it is a good thing. Males and females are constructed with differing drives which can be problematic for both sexes. Androids could fill the void, so to speak. My guess, within 10 years, anyone will be able to buy a sexbot or a philosopher Jules companion android or any other at Walmart for somewhere between $199 and $1,999. 100 years and maybe humans and androids will be indistinguishable and immortality will have been achieved.


the MBA types and economists are expecting the price to be at an entry level luxury car level, say 40-50 000 USD for a all-purpose HomeAndrobot.

which will of course put it out of reach of all but the 6 figure and above club.


naturally :roll:

You didn't think transhuman-bot-topia was for the peasant-class did you!?!?!?! :P :P :P :wink:

Life extension, 3D printed organs, transhuman cyborgs, nahhhhhh....why would the elite....share 8O 8O :?:

the brilliant create it, the tax-payer pays for it, and the Owner's benefit from it........same as it ever was.



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29 Mar 2016, 1:32 pm

I think "Elysium" hit the nail right on the head.