Fans of the Uncanny Valley will be delighted to know that roboticists in Japan have taken another giant leap toward creeping us right the fuck out, with two new female-appearing androids that will be interacting with guests at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo. They look pretty darn lifelike in still photos, and considerably less so in video. The goal for these bots is to simulate some human movements smoothly, especially facial expressions; hand and arm movements still look considerably more machine-driven.
Almost not OT, but a co-worker and I were talking about the old Hall of Presidents back when they were cheesy animatronic thing-ies. Back in the day they would quote themselves, make jokes at each other...all with whirring noises and clacking jaws. It brought necromancy to life. I especially enjoyed the time the Kennedy puppet malf'd. "Ask not what your country can do for you youuu youuurrrr yo"
Almost not OT, but a co-worker and I were talking about the old Hall of Presidents back when they were cheesy animatronic thing-ies. Back in the day they would quote themselves, make jokes at each other...all with whirring noises and clacking jaws. It brought necromancy to life. I especially enjoyed the time the Kennedy puppet malf'd. "Ask not what your country can do for you youuu youuurrrr yo"
OK, first of all, SAPIENT, not sentient-- a fucking fish is sentient; aware of its environment through its senses.
Secondly, anybody who calls that obscenity "pretty darn lifelike" needs to get out of the morgue once in a while.
In the Bright Shiny Future, all our zombies will be robots! Zombots, away!
You win, sirra, you win.
Keep fucking that robot chicken,,,
stay away! Those people are weird
but it&#039;s good news for <strike>John</strike> Cindy McCain
Robots are people, my friend.
In my book, until it says &quot;Bite my shiny metal ass&quot;, it&#039;s not a real robot.
My Roomba talks too. It tells me who needs to be punished.
Uncanny.
I call her Roomba.
More likely they will rise up and make us sammiches. &quot;Smashedinhat on rye with mayo&quot; for example.
I wouldn&#039;t fuck that robot with Mitt&#039;s USB dongle.
Fortunately there&#039;s no way for a human to have sex using a machine. That could never, ever happen.
Well most certainly it is capable of email and has a camera, not to mention an instagram account, so be careful!
That song was Rob&#039;s homage to &quot;Blade Runner.&quot;
We shall overcompute.