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Tuesday, 20 March 2007

Thank You, Sirius Cybernetics Corporation


One of the saving graces of robots is that they're machines; look like machines, act like machines. They do their job and don't feel obliged to engage me in conversation, stimulate me, enlighten me, or broaden my horizons.

But that comforting fact, according to PA News, is going to change:
Robots that bond like human children and display emotion are being developed at a British university.
Spiffing. We can all see where this is going.
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousTuesday, 20 March 2007 at 06:20:00 GMT-7

    They're going to bond like children, eh? Having worked in a grocery store, I can barely tolerate the id-laden buggers in the first place. Now I'll have to put up with things prgrammed to be needy and annoy the crap out of me?

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