Tag: Robot

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This Might Be the Most Life-Like (And Creepiest) Robot Ever Built

Bloomberg’s Hello World host Ashlee Vance recently traveled to Osaka University to see Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro’s latest creation, an android named Erica that’s designed to work, one day, as a receptionist or personal assistant. The android has lifelike skin and facial gestures and uses artificial intelligence software to listen to and respond to requests. Is…
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Love and Sex with Robots

Nick and I And Humanity

Part III Roanne van Voorst/nrc Amsterdam, August 11, 2021–I taught Nick about a theory from historian Jacob Burckhardt, which states that as a society’s material conditions become more complex, its social relations become coarser. Perhaps you could even say, I thought aloud, that the more complicated technology gets, the simpler humans become.  “Just think, Nick:…
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Sex and sex dolls in Japan

Robotica global capital Part II by: Roanne van Voorst Amsterdam, Auhust 11th 2021– In Japan, where a large part of the sex dolls is produced, more and more young men seem to have such a doll at home.  No more real people in their bed for them: these dolls always make sense, never a headache,…
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