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Man lives with female robot
- alexandros 18y agoI fear such developments hurt hackerdom at large by playing to the mainstream stereotypes.
- river_styx 18y agoIt's really an unfortunate double standard in our culture. Women can have all manner of mechanised play things, and that's a-ok by everyone.
- yummyfajitas 18y agoWell, it's part and parcel of the existing gender roles. Men chase, women choose. Being chosen by women indicates a man has value. Mechanized playthings for a man indicate low value (he can't find a real woman). It gives little info about a woman. On the flip side, having many human playmates indicate a man has high value. It lowers a woman's value, however, both due to perception and for some intrinsic reasons. Looking at the whole picture, I think men come out ahead: human playmates >> mechanical playthings.
- scott_s 18y agoThere's a clear difference between a vibrator and this robot: one is meant purely for sexual stimulation, the other is a replacement for human companionship.
- flashgordon 18y agowell technically at the core of it, human companionship and sexual stimulation both trigger conducive chemicals in the brain... so the base reasoning is the same in both cases. So what is the problem? Whether this guy is sad and needs to see a shrink is a totally different matter.
- cbetz 18y agoor reducing the gene pool?
- Dilpil 18y agoMakes you wonder: just how close to human does a robot have to get before it is a suitable replacement for one? Not that this question is at all original of course.
- jgrahamc 18y agoThat's a seems like a weak form of the Turing Test. Instead of being indistinguishable from a human you just need to be a suitable replacement.
- thomasmallen 18y agoBetter question: How often do people treat the people around them like robots?
- RK 18y agoAdvisors --> Grad students?
- thomasmallen 18y agoWouldn't know...doesn't sound like a good way to spend money if that's the case.
- RK 18y agoWell, the grad students come cheap (at least a lot cheaper than a robot), and they often don't have many choices of who to work for. Mostly they are expected to work 24/7 without complaining for very little pay... It's very fun :)
- olefoo 18y agoIt's the age old dream of having slaves without the moral qualms of enslaving other human beings. I rather suspect that a lot of men who think they would want a fembot would find them boring and unsatisfactory. And if you made them well enough to pass a turing test, they would end up being just as willful and obstinate as actual humans; and thus just as threatening.
- bprater 18y ago"She doesn’t need holidays, food or rest and she will work almost 24-hours a day. She is the perfect woman." I'm a white male, born and raised in the midwest, (where you'll find more traditional roles), and I find this offensive.
- Jem 18y agoI'm a woman: I find it downright creepy.
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- jmtame 18y agoIf you replace "perfect woman" with "ideal startup co-founder" it sounds about right.
- lionhearted 18y agoWhen someone makes a swooping statement on what men/women/people/animals/whatever should be like, just add "for me" add at the end of it if you don't want to be offended. Take the following statements that would offend people: She doesn’t need holidays, food or rest and she will work almost 24-hours a day. She is the perfect woman... for me. Christianity is the only correct religion for me. Homosexuality is wrong for me. Having a job is stupid for me. There is no God for me. Etc, etc. It's an easy way to cut down on how often you're offended by at least 80%. Because let's face it, being offended means being less happy. The magical for me greatly adds to your happiness levels.
- bprater 18y agoWould you buy a robo-woman? How accurate to life would she have to be? 50% 80% 95%? At what point do men swear off women when they get a taste of robo-women?
- dangoldin 18y agoThere's a Futurama episode that addresses "Humans dating Robots" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dated_a_Robot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dated_a_Robot
- bd 18y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_and_the_Real_Girl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_and_the_Real_Girl
- Tichy 18y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(mythology) ;-)
- bd 18y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_Artificial_Intelligence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_Artificial_Intelligenc... Shame on me.
- helveticaman 18y agoFriendly Artificial Intelligence...with benefits?
- iigs 18y agoFirst, I question the veracity of the article/site. Is it a hoax? Second, assuming it's true, the article says this guy has two years and 14000GBP in this robot so far. For the money and the time investment, it's actually quite impressive. Is it obscene to ask a robot if you can see its source code? As someone who has a high-level interest in component electronics/robotics/AI, if there was technical information on the robot I'd love to know more.
- flashgordon 18y agobut seriously you have to agree that is some cool technology... i havent kept up in image processing advances lately (say last 10 years), but this is still pretty cool ... also to be fair, he didnt create it to "live" with it or to satisfy any fantasies...