Japan Releases Fully Functioning Female Robots

[YoshidaYui]

[slightlv]

1. Always first a female.

I think they should start with a male. Would make Lysistrata that much easier to invoke.

Goddesses arise, everywhere.

[jmbar2]

2. Wow!

Impressive, but also a bit scary. If they create slave-like female robots, will this start to erode empathy and reciprocity? Traits that keep us from becoming monsters.

[customerserviceguy]

3. I've always thought

that if AI ever wanted to get rid of us, it wouldn't do so quickly, it would do so subtly. Keeping us from reproducing would be a step in that direction.

[RazorbackExpat]

4. Most of these robots aren't Japanese

[eppur_se_muova]

5. I don't see the point of trying to mimic the human soma so convincingly, unless chicanery is the goal.

If robots look like machines, no one can be fooled. If they look like humans, unpleasant mistakes and deliberate deceptions become inevitable.

Does no one ever ask "WHY THE HELL ARE YOU TRYING TO DO THIS" ? Or do they all know "$$$ are the answer"?