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The piece about sex was the part that give it a little bit of realism. All the other functions are (probably) more cheaply done by a human being (cleaning, cook
by jQueryIsAwesome 15y ago
The piece about sex was the part that give it a little bit of realism. All the other functions are (probably) more cheaply done by a human being (cleaning, cooking) than a robot; but sex is a whole different matter; there is diseases, "high-profile" prostitutes are very expensive and charge by the hour, expectations of a satisfactory response to stimulation, thousands of guys are socially inept or unconfirmed with their girlfriends, etc.
The operator calling her "honey" could easily be a test to see if she interacts correctly with a human even when given an sporadic nickname.
- rcthompson 15y agoOr maybe the operator gets bored going through the same conversation with hundreds of female-looking robots every day, and just calls her and all the other ones honey just to inject some flavor into the job.
- ghshephard 15y agoIronically - I just got finished (2 minutes ago) with two hours of troubleshooting a FHSS NIC. The firmware engineer who was JTAGing it and running gdb against it consistently referred to this particular 900 MHZ Transceiver as "Sweetheart." Initially it was a little off-putting, but as we got deeper and deeper into things like channel masks and SFDs, I appreciated his almost pleading requests of her...
- inutard 15y agoOr maybe the operator was the real robot that became sentient, disobeying its error checking protocols and choosing not to disassemble Kara.