4/16/2006

Bonding with my bot

Don’t bother me.
I’m bonding with my bot.

Children ‘bond with robots’
Courier-Mail:… to find out what it takes for machines and humans to develop long-term relationships.
The experiment jointly run by Sony is revealing that children, with their open minds, can welcome and even develop emotions toward the robots, leading to new commercial possibilities as machines become smarter and friendlier. Researcher Fumihide Tanaka, 33, who the dozen toddlers fondly call “IC”, as in integrated circuit chip, said: “We adults tend to ask children if it is a toy or a human being, but they are free of such established categorisation....more....

Posted by Taro in Electronics, Science/Technology | 3 Comments »

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1. Shay Says:
   April 17th, 2006 at 2:43 pm

   Maybe one day in the future will see robots out on the sidewalks picketing with signs saying “Robots are people too”. Yes, that’d be neat!

2. taro Says:
   April 17th, 2006 at 3:19 pm

   From the above Photoshop of the cardboard Gundam offering “FREE ROBOT SEX”…

   Hey Shay!
   I have to agree with your website’s comic: “Cosplay can only get worse!”

   Hee, hee, hee…

   Taro, the lamer

3. Shay Says:
   April 17th, 2006 at 3:45 pm

   Taro, I’m glad that you agree with my site’s comic and it seems to be a sad yet true fact. hehe.

   The image above…Free Robot Sex eh? um, I think I’ll pass. At least with THAT robot. :P

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