“People are going to be having sex with robots within five years,” he said. So should limits be set on the appearance, for example, of such robotic sex toys?
OK, the article is mostly not about human/robot sex....
Book: I believe I just... I think I'm on the wrong ship. Inara: Maybe. Or maybe you're exactly where you ought to be.
'Serenity'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2006 6:19:39 am PDT #2894 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2006 6:20:57 am PDT #2895 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My officemate knows someone who works for Tim...says he's nice, but kind of a diva. Maybe this post-dates the show.
That sounds likely, sadly.
lisah - Jun 20, 2006 6:38:16 am PDT #2896 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
says he's nice, but kind of a diva
Diva-ish I can dig (as long as also Nice). Boring, not so much. I have standards for my Pretend Gay Boyfriends.
Jessica - Jun 20, 2006 6:43:29 am PDT #2897 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
These two thoughts:
“People are going to be having sex with robots within five years,” he said. So should limits be set on the appearance, for example, of such robotic sex toys? The greatest danger, however, is likely to lie with robots that are able to learn from their “experiences”
...do not seem as connected as their placement in that paragraph would imply.
sumi - Jun 20, 2006 6:44:58 am PDT #2898 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Are people trying to creat cylons?
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2006 6:54:31 am PDT #2899 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
From flickr: Stick Figures in Peril
Wow, I never realized how dangerous it was to be a stick figure.
Strega - Jun 20, 2006 6:56:34 am PDT #2900 of 10002
I'm stuck on the middle sentence about limiting the appearance. All three sentences look like they're related at first, but then on reread they seem like they're...hm... almost randomly generated...
OMG, I think that article was written by an AI. Maybe the sentient computers are jealous because the robots can have sex even though they're not as smart. This is the start of a propaganda war. It's nerds versus cheerleaders all over again.
bon bon - Jun 20, 2006 7:01:14 am PDT #2901 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Ugh. It's noon, I'm bored, and I already finished the internet.
-t - Jun 20, 2006 7:02:29 am PDT #2902 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
See, it makes much more sense to me that people would make robots to have sex with than that people would design robots to have sex with one another.
I can't believe I just admitted that in public.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 20, 2006 7:05:47 am PDT #2903 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Ugh. It's noon, I'm bored, and I already finished the internet.
So bon bon = Al Gore? Huh.