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    Robot love gone awry...

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    Robot Love Gone Awry


    Japanese robot programmed to love...a little too much.


    by Chris Iaquinta

    March 6, 2009 - Ever have a super needy girlfriend that demanded all of your love and attention and would freak whenever you would leave her alone? Irritating, right? Now imagine the same situation, only with an asexual third generation humanoid robot with 100kg arms. Basically you get Fatal Attraction with a terminator cast in the lead role. Such was the torture subjected upon Japanese researchers recently when their most advanced robot, capable of simulating human emotions, ditched its puppy love programming and switched over into stalker mode. LOVE…..KILL….LOVE….KILL!


    Kenji recreates the end scene from his favorite movie, An Officer and a Gentlemen.


    Meet Kenji, the pride and joy of staff researchers over at the Toshiba Akimu Robotic Research Institute. Designed to replicate complex human emotions, even the robot equivalent of love, Kenji was a part of an experiment involving several robots (robo-porn?) who were built with special software designed to help them react emotionally to external stimuli, such as getting kicked in the robot balls. Kenji immediately took to his programming, developing a close bond with a stuffed doll, which he would hold and embrace for hours at a time. Researchers were thrilled with his progress, until little ol' Kenji started to adapt into the emotionally stable parallel of an orphaned child. A beaten, unloved, orphaned child.

    "Despite our initial enthusiasm, it has become clear that Kenji's impulses and behavior are not entirely rational or genuine," conceded Dr. Takahashi.

    What does "not entirely rational" mean? Well, for example, a young female intern started to spend several hours with Kenji every day, performing diagnostics. Unbeknownst to her, the tin man had become love struck with his new playmate, going as far as to physically prevent the intern from leaving his room by standing in-between her and the exit. She was only able to get away after phoning technicians who rushed to deactivate Kenji, whose last words were "I'll be back."

    Since the incident, whenever Kenji has been re-activated, and again, he instantly bonds with the first person he lays eyes on, ignoring weight issues and/or ugliness -- something we admit were not capable of. He then runs to embrace his new target of affection, hugging them with his superhuman strength. As a result, Dr. Takahashi feels that Kenji will have to be decommissioned permanently, where he will be put to work as Wal-Mart greeter. Or they can use our suggestion, lower him into a vat of liquid metal with him giving us the thumbs up while Edward Furlong watches.
    "I'll be back...." Creepy

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    Poor Kenji just wants a little love, that's all. The only question is, what does one use as lubricant? K-Y or WD-40?

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    "Hey, baybee, me love you long time ... "




    Fascinating. And yes, a bit creepy.




    I always figured Sarah Palin was a 'droid ... you betcha.



    -stray-

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    That is creepy, scary, & disturbing as fook...doesn't it pretty much reinforce every sci-fi stereotype out there in regards to the early development of AI?

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    It's official folks, Japan is now living in the future, circa. 1955.

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    You mean the fun future? Sounds like a hoot! Reminds me of that Asimov story... does anybody besides me still read him? It was a short story... possibly in "The rest of the robots"... not sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blind2d View Post
    You mean the fun future? Sounds like a hoot! Reminds me of that Asimov story... does anybody besides me still read him? It was a short story... possibly in "The rest of the robots"... not sure.
    I love Asimov!! The Last Question is one of the best short stories ever:
    http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by strayrider View Post

    Ahhhh! Talk about Deja Vu of Ash...




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    That's amazing.
    La freak, c'est chic!

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    Time for me to dust off that business plan for the robo-brothel. And they said I was mad...

    "Men choose as their prophets those who tell them that their hopes are true." --Lord Dunsany

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    I thought I was the only one who had one of those! Wow, I guess great minds think alike...

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    Quote Originally Posted by AcesandEights View Post
    Time for me to dust off that business plan for the robo-brothel. And they said I was mad...
    Am I the only one that noticed all they made of the female robot was her head...

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    Quote Originally Posted by MoonSylver View Post
    Am I the only one that noticed all they made of the female robot was her head...
    That's to make it easier for Kaos to tote them around in bowling ball bags and hock them on street corners.



    -stray-

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    Lol. Robot fetishism is a real thing, in case you guys didn't know...
    La freak, c'est chic!

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    Quote Originally Posted by strayrider View Post
    That's to make it easier for Kaos to tote them around in bowling ball bags and hock them on street corners.

    "Men choose as their prophets those who tell them that their hopes are true." --Lord Dunsany

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