Finally! A girlfriend for Dowly

Oberon · 01-12-10, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

WTH??

The Rudy Giuliani school of marketting?

Onkel Neal · 01-12-10, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

The Rudy Giuliani school of marketting?

Hahah, point scored!

Oberon · 01-12-10, 11:41 AM

On a more serious note though, I can foresee this sort of thing being a big hit in Japan (in fact, in reading the article again I see that they're the ones who started the theme), they're already well up on cybernetics and are quite attracted (if you pardon the pun) towards this sort of use of technology.

It's still got a long way to go, but I reckon that David Levy has a point when he says that "...robots will become significant sexual partners for humans, answering needs that other people are unable or unwilling to satisfy."

They are primitive machines now, but thirty-forty years down the road, who knows what we'll have walking around.

I think Hines is shooting a bit ahead of his mark, I understand now, reading the article why he was motivated, to use the quote in full context:

"An engineer, Hines said he was inspired to create the robot after a friend died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. That got him thinking about preserving his friend's personality, to give his children a chance to interact with him as they're growing up."

Now, nobody wants someone they know and love to die, and in the future there may be two options, a) cloning that will preserve the appearance but not necessarily the personality or b) Cybernetic Replacement which will preserve the look (to some extent) and the personality, depending of course on how far robotics and computer programming have advanced.

Of course, the darker side of human nature will be displayed upon these machines with little thought for their well being because after all 'they are just machines'.

Reminds me of that film 'Ai'.

TarJak · 01-12-10, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

They are primitive machines now, but thirty-forty years down the road, who knows what we'll have walking around.

I think you mean lying around don't you?

SgtPotato · 01-12-10, 09:17 PM

I hope Dowly's Fembot doesn't go haywire and crush the poor ferret.

Oberon · 01-12-10, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

I think you mean lying around don't you?

LiveGoat · 01-13-10, 12:34 AM

I'm gonna wait till the tech reaches Blade Runner-esqe sophistication. A Sean Young/Darryl Hannah version (minus the man-killing strength) would be nice.

Rhodes · 01-13-10, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by LiveGoat

I'm gonna wait till the tech reaches Blade Runner-esqe sophistication. A Sean Young/Darryl Hannah version (minus the man-killing strength) would be nice.

Like the one in Cherry 2000?

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01-12-10, 11:41 AM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	On a more serious note though, I can foresee this sort of thing being a big hit in Japan (in fact, in reading the article again I see that they're the ones who started the theme), they're already well up on cybernetics and are quite attracted (if you pardon the pun) towards this sort of use of technology. It's still got a long way to go, but I reckon that David Levy has a point when he says that "...robots will become significant sexual partners for humans, answering needs that other people are unable or unwilling to satisfy." They are primitive machines now, but thirty-forty years down the road, who knows what we'll have walking around. I think Hines is shooting a bit ahead of his mark, I understand now, reading the article why he was motivated, to use the quote in full context: "An engineer, Hines said he was inspired to create the robot after a friend died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. That got him thinking about preserving his friend's personality, to give his children a chance to interact with him as they're growing up." Now, nobody wants someone they know and love to die, and in the future there may be two options, a) cloning that will preserve the appearance but not necessarily the personality or b) Cybernetic Replacement which will preserve the look (to some extent) and the personality, depending of course on how far robotics and computer programming have advanced. Of course, the darker side of human nature will be displayed upon these machines with little thought for their well being because after all 'they are just machines'. Reminds me of that film 'Ai'.

01-13-10, 12:34 AM	#7
LiveGoat XO Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 408 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 0	I'm gonna wait till the tech reaches Blade Runner-esqe sophistication. A Sean Young/Darryl Hannah version (minus the man-killing strength) would be nice.