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Frisbinator said:I don't like the pic. That robot is disgusting. That type of skin would be worthless. Sure it would feel great, but who the hell wants to see a SKELETON?
kmguru said:
Developed by researchers at Osaka University, Repliee Q1 is a the second of a pair of robots designed to mimic the appearance and motion of humans.
Covered in a silicone skin which closely mimics the appearance and flexibility of human skin, the android appears eerily lifelike. Once you see it moving, however, the illusion is quickly dispelled.
Repliee Q1 (pictured above) and Repliee R1, based on the look of a 5-year old girl, are designed as test beds to study human-machine interaction. The researchers felt that making the machines' as similar as possible to living people would help make people more comfortable with them, but I have to wonder if the effort was wasted, since as the researchers admit that as verisimilitude is approached the level of comfort drops precipitously.
Whenever I hug a female Android, I am happy because deep in my heart I know for sure that this female is allowing me to hug her even though I have no money.Xylene said:Would I be right in thinking therefore that the less correct an android is, the more comfortable people are? So that's why people are so comfortable about hugging Mickey Mouse or Goofy at Disneyland, perhaps? Because they know they're not real, and could never possibly be mistaken for reality. The closer one comes to reality, the less comfortable you are, because you realise that what you're seeing is an object, not a person, and it's the attempt to portray them as a real person that makes one so uncomfortable. While we're on the subject, did anyone read the sci-fi story 'Sailing to Byzantium'?
I think its a he.Giambattista said:Here's the Queen Mother of Virtual Reality (not quite AI, but similar).
Isn't she majestic?
Xylene said:Would I be right in thinking therefore that the less correct an android is, the more comfortable people are? So that's why people are so comfortable about hugging Mickey Mouse or Goofy at Disneyland, perhaps? Because they know they're not real, and could never possibly be mistaken for reality. The closer one comes to reality, the less comfortable you are, because you realise that what you're seeing is an object, not a person, and it's the attempt to portray them as a real person that makes one so uncomfortable. While we're on the subject, did anyone read the sci-fi story 'Sailing to Byzantium'?