When the future promised us robots, I don’t think this is exactly what it meant. And for my part, it’s not really the Laundry-Folding Bot™ I had in mind, either. A project at the National University of Singapore intends to equip robots with all the human capabilities for love, including a fully functional endocrine system that operates in multiple techniques.
If that full-on creepfest doesn’t have you nervously eyeing the Roomba, check out this hypothetical scenario, wherein a lovebot is a lovebot scorned.
Maybe for Lovotics Episode 2 they’ll go all out and hire a Dalek.
Ok, have NONE of these people seen Terminator? I mean, they're geeks, right?
Or I, Robot, or Battlestar Galactica, or The Matrix, or any number of other places throughout science fiction and gaming. But seriously, what are they thinking?
I think Dr Ian Malcolm said it best in Jurrasic Park – "Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
All I can think of right now, is: Have they ever heard of, you know, cats and dogs. Or any other of a handful of actual living pets that can learn the same things.
My husband was totally creeped out by this idea.
I think if you cover it in something furry and make it look cute, people will buy it. The next Furbie! :D
My husband was totally creeped out by this idea.
I think if you cover it in something furry and make it look cute, people will buy it. The next Furbie! :D
This is insane, what are they thinking? There's 6 billion people in the world, if you can't find ONE person who likes you, and even if your pets hate you…you have a serious problem. And I don't think a love-bot should be the answer.