Multiple Personality Robot?
The news today reveals a telling commentary on where our society is at. I thought it was untrue when I first heard about it. But, apparently, it is quite real. Or, not real, depending on how you look at it.
Leave it to sex to sell multiple personalities. Yes, the world's first sex robot, Roxxxy, is not only anatomically correct and functional, but comes complete with five personalities. The owner can choose which personality he wants to interact with. And the personalities are customizable and can be programmed wirelessly over the Internet, even allowing owners to share their personality programs with others.
The inventor says his goal was to develop a companion, to help shy people and those with sexual dysfunction.
So, having lots of personalities is good, right? That makes me feel so much better. I can now stop therapy and resume where I was when I started.
I'm not sure if the inventor thought of this, or did his research, but what happens when the programming gets more complicated and the personalities start fighting with each other, or acting out?
We are now entering "Star Trek" land folks. I do remember several Next Generation episodes about this, almost always situated in the holodeck.
I'll wait for the holodeck, thank you very much!
News Story: Roxxxy the sex robot makes her world debut (AFP, 1/9/2010)
This is amazing! What will they think of next? Again, someone cashing in at "other's" expense.
Paul, Good to see we are both back to posting... I don't think the robot will have the same problems you and I might have. For one thing, only one personality will be aware at any given time. Fighting doesn't seem possible. Besides, these robots are not really aware... they are programmed machines, and whatever this guy claims he has invented it for, the real motive was money... sex sells. Period. The betterment of mankind? not so much.
"Facinating," as Spock or Data might have put it. It seems a bit exploitive and not a meaningful way to address the problems that they say it addresses. I too will wait for a holodeck... it always looked like so much fun!!
So Lars and the Real Girl wasn't so far off after all???
Wow, cool, CG! You would have thought there would have been mention of this in the news stories... Leave it to you to find this.
Whoa! Just when I thought I'd seen everything. I like your questions about parts acting out, etc. Interesting!