By Rob Bricken in
Tech
Tuesday, Jan. 12 2010 @ 11:17AM
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Billed as a world first, Roxxxy the sex robot made here debut in front of adoring fans at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. The life-size robotic girlfriend comes complete with complete with artificial intelligence and flesh-like synthetic skin.
"She can't vacuum, she can't cook but she can do almost anything else if you know what I mean," TrueCompanion's Douglas Hines said while introducing AFP to Roxxxy. "She's a companion. She has a personality. She hears you. She listens to you. She speaks. She feels your touch. She goes to sleep. We are trying to replicate a personality of a person."
Roxxxy stands five feet, seven inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, "has a full C cup and is ready for action," according to Hines, who was an artificial intelligence engineer at Bell Labs before starting TrueCompanion.
The anatomically-correct robot has an articulated skeleton that can move like a person but can't walk or independently move its limbs. Robotic movement is built into "the three inputs" and a mechanical heart that powers a liquid cooling system.
Roxxxy comes with five personalities. Wild Wendy is outgoing and adventurous, while Frigid Farrah is reserved and shy. There is a young naive personality along with a Mature Martha that Hines described as having a "matriarchal kind of caring." S & M Susan is geared for more adventurous types. Aspiring partners can customize Roxxxy features, including race, hair color and breast size. A male sex robot named "Rocky" is in development.
People ordering the robots online at truecompanion.com detail their tastes and interests much like online dating sites but here, the information is used to get the mechanical girlfriend in synch with her mate. "She knows exactly what you like," Hines said of Roxxxy, noting that Rocky will also come with personalities."If you like Porsches, she likes Porsches. If you like soccer, she likes soccer."
Roxxxy will chat with her flesh-and-blood mate, and touching her elicits comments varying according to personalities. She is wirelessly linked to the Internet for software updates, technical support and to send her man email messages. People can customize "true companion" personalities and then share the programs with others online on the company's website, according to Hines.
"Just think about wife or girlfriend swapping without actually giving the person to someone else," Hines said. "You can share the personality online."
Well. That all seems very high tech and perverse. It's a shame you can't have a robot this advanced not look LIKE A SHAMBLING HORROR FROM SLUT HELL. Jesus, I wouldn't put my penis in this thing if you paid me $7000. But would you like to hear the worst part? And when I say "worst," I mean the most awful fucking thing you've heard in your entire life?
Inspiration for the sex robot sprang from the September 11, 2001 attacks, when planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon and an empty field in Pennsylvania.
"I had a friend who passed away in 9/11," Hines said. "I promised myself I would create a program to store his personality, and that became the foundation for Roxxxy True Companion."
Well. I'm sure your friend is resting easy -- what possible legacy could be greater than inspiring your pervert buddy to make ugly robots people can hump? ARRGGH. Sir, I hope to hell your fuck-bot's vagina shorts out and you die via electrocution of the penis. Although you deserve far, far worse. Thanks to Nicholas and Jason for the tip.
126 comments
Comments
Mebaman said:
Is that Chrissie Hynde?
Bill said:
Annnnnnd....this is the basis for FFF of 1-15-2010.
toomin said:
Sex bots have always a nerd fantasy....but clearly this guy is disturbed. Not only does he get inspiration from his friend's death, he doesn't even have the sense to make the robot FUCKING SEXY. Geez.
Baltimoron said:
He killed me, Mal. He killed me with a sword.
PJ replied to Baltimoron:
How weird is that?
Thank you! I was just thinking about that.
Ranchoth said:
Well, aside from sounding suspiciously like stolen time-traveler technology being marketed in the past, or looking vaguely like a drowning victim, I imagine these things COULD be more shameful.
Like...uh...
Oh! A "Last Dance with Marie Jeanette Kelly" model! Or a "Systemic Starvation Sophie"!
(Good god, if anyone actually makes one of those, please don't publicly credit me for them)
Rubyroses said:
Let's just hope no terminator ever looks like that. Seriously imagina that thin coming from the future to fuckin kill you. With terrifying robot sex.
Kaoy said:
Fine. $7500, but that is my final offer!
manobon replied to Kaoy:
I, for one, LOL'd. (Loud-ed?)
EVula said:
"I had a friend that died in 9/11. I promised myself I'd store his personality in a robot so I could fuck my friend at a later date."
MattK said:
I think we've found the new TR mascot...
ZADL said:
Lucy Liu-bot: You're cute!
Fry: No, you are!
Lucy Liu-bot: No, you!
Fry: No, you!
Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Oh dear, she's stuck in an infinite loop and he's an idiot! Oh well, that's love for you, I guess.
[/obligatory Futurama reference]
OnanRulz replied to ZADL:
"I knew we should have shown him 'Electro-Gonorrhea: The Noisy Killer.'"
baronmech replied to ZADL:
Loved the informational film in that ep. I think it applies here too. Should have unvailed this a GenCon or something like that. Would have sold millions the first day.
Super King replied to ZADL:
I'll wait till they make one of 'The Crushinator'.
So, I guess ultimately the terrorists caused this monstrosity to be created?
porcupine replied to Super King:
Quite frankly, I think the terrorists would just out and out give up. This is proof that there is no god whatsoever. (Not even Eros. That gear-possessing talking sex pillow is in no way erogenous.)
JOE said:
"She is wirelessly linked to the Internet for software updates"
Which means now you have to worry about her getting computer viruses or even worse, someone hacking in and controlling her to kill.
It'll happen.
PJ said:
Wow. That really is the most awful fucking thing I've read. I want to comment on the terrifying/interesting technology, but I'm too stuck on the horribleness of the inspiration. It'd be so much better if we just, you know, wanted a fuckbot.
PJ replied to PJ:
HE! HE just. God damn you Freud!
If anyone can think of a more egregiously sexist endeavor than creating a sexbot, I'll eat my hat. It would seem to me that sexism and boorish stereotypes would be par for the course for these kinds of things. It's not like anyone's going to share the foibles of their sexbot with their friends and family. At least I dearly hope not!
I wonder if the male version could be programmed to say "Can't we just cuddle?" or "Let's talk about where we're going as a couple."
Hmmmmm.....
bookfisher replied to ZADL:
Getting a child ? God, FFF have destroyed my morale.
Didnt expect buffybot in first try, but that is the scariest mannequin I have seen. And with that backstory, lhhrrr, sounds like the plan of a deranged cartoon villain for the captured heroine.
Katie said:
Are you effing kidding me?!
It takes a lot for me to judge someone for being pathetic in relationships but SERIOUSLY!
What if the robot doesn't WANT to like soccer!?
This makes me sad as a woman. It seems all men care about is sex and having a slave who only likes things you like. Ya'll can do better.
mythbri replied to Katie:
Even more insulting is this douche bag's opening statement: "She can't vacuum, she can't cook but she can do almost anything else if you know what I mean."
Right. Because vacuuming, cooking, and sex are all women are good for. What a dick.
porcupine replied to mythbri:
It's okay, though. I'm thinking evolution is playing out here. Like the writer said about penis electrocution, perhaps we are looking at a high-priced Chauvinist elimination machine.
If this is the case, their development is quite timely. We can use the sexbots to ensure the arseholes among men and women aren't in a position to ever reproduce.
You know, it is just a robot. It's basically hi-tech masturbation. Wouldn't it be better that some guy live his sexist fantasies with an overpriced mannequin than with a real woman?
Katie replied to Kevin:
Call me an idealist, but I dream of a world where people with weird sex fantasies don't have to buy a robot to be happy.
i'd like to think men...and women are capable of searching for people they can have compatible sex with and be happy with each other.
I have no problem with a high priced masturbatory aid, I have a problem with it having a personality, and also with it having the implication of being able to replace a real human.
manobon replied to Katie:
...so, everyone knows this is a Reallly really horrible sextoy, right? Like, not a comment about one half of a species and everything Only craving sex, blah blah blah. Just one person's (incredibly, One person's!) ambitions being realized into something pretty damn frightening.
If you Do think it says something, please dispose of your "personal massager".
Katie replied to manobon:
I think you're right, that right now it's one person. Until it's more than one person and everyone comes to expect a companion who is devoted to them.
I don't have a problem with the idea of a sex-bot, I have a problem with said sex bot replacing a real person.
Which, with a"personality" it is able to do.
Call me old fashioned, but I like my human interactions you know...human.
BoredLizzie replied to manobon:
It is not far-fetched at all to say that this object is both the product of one person's crazed ambitions and incredibly sexist. Most sex toys don't come with "personalities" to my knowledge. Also, the thing looks like a shrink-wrapped Lucy Lawless. I think/hope most men would look at that and feel insulted that this is being marketed to them as attractive, desirable, and/or preferable to a real woman.
wanderamaranth said:
Are we sure he didn't get his inspiration from S5 of Buffy? It seems to me a lot like the 'technology' that Warren used to create his own girlfriend, April. Anyone else remember how that one turned out? He got bored with her simply because she did exactly what he wanted her to do, all the time. And the BuffyBot, hello?
Southpaw Samurai said:
Way...Wha? Isn't the first rule of keeping a captive sexual plaything (even one that's been programmed to like it) is not giving them access to the outside world/Internet?
Brion said:
Annnnnnd this exact moment is when the world starts to end.
Wonder Pigeon said:
It...it kind of looks like Lady Gaga. Which makes it twice as disturbing.
Gasstank said:
Here’s a video of some douche bag at the expo introducing the world to Roxy and demonstrating some of her “features”.
http://www.iheartchaos.com/content/2010-adult-entertainment-expo-worlds-first-sexbot-i-heart-tech
rickicker said:
not as much of a shocker for me, since i was alerted of this two days earlier. still, suddenly, tony stark badtouching an underaged robot boy sounded a whoooooole lot feasible.
....OH GOD!!! DID I JUST SAY THAT OUT LOUD?!! -cold shower, sobbing-
akiratrooper replied to rickicker:
You just did.
AAAAAAAAA *facemelt*
rickicker said:
what kind of pathetic nerd would buy this?
Wesley Street said:
I dunno... I'd take a sex bot over Toby Keith ballads as my 9/11 consolation prize any day.
This is not the worst thing that humanity has ever created, people. Chill.
DameRuth said:
Well, on the one hand, seein' as how I'm a chick, the feminist in me kinda wants to be outraged.
OTOH, the *pragmatist* in me is thinking, "Y'know, if there are guys out there who want and would be satisfied -- even happy -- with this kind of 'relationship,' maybe it's a good thing they can have it with an inanimate/semi-animate object instead of tormenting real women by *treating* them like inanimate objects."
Not to mention if these dudes have to cook and vacuum for themselves, a little excercise'll probably do 'em good.
*shrugs* I'm rapidly approaching "YMMV" mode with this.
Although I've gotta admit, this is one of the weirdest 9/11 memorials I have *ever* heard of. Truth stranger than fiction and all that jazz.
I agree so much.
I almost feel like I should get all up-in-arms and feminist about it. But then, I think of how shallow and ridiculous the whole thing is, and I realise that no men worth a damn will ever be interested in this. So those who are interested... They're welcome to it!
Okay, that was mean.
But I don't have a problem with how people take care of their sex drives, as long as no one gets hurt. Not sure why some people are getting bent out of shape over this.
Uh, dude, did you read my comment or Amy's? We were agreeing with you. We were saying we *weren't* getting bent out of shape.
porcupine replied to Kevin:
Yeah, fella? Your palm doesn't usually cost $7500, and if you need to have a stale porn personality thrown into the package, there's, um, pay-per-view. This is a whole lot creepier than all of that. Just saying. It's perverse on the level of necrophilia, in a way, and the gender roles of the weirdos into it are outdated at the most charitable of interpretations. Have you ever heard of Elena Hoyos? No?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyfvf5bc0Vo
Somebody (the guy who takes it home at night, stokes it lovingly and kisses its hair) needs a little voltage to the nether regions pronto.
BorgQueen said:
Truly, truly terrifying.
Aaand, "I promised myself I would create a program to store his personality..." um, Cylons anyone?
MKUltra said:
So... you can program the robot to like the exact same things you like? How utterly boring, not to mention narcissistic. Also, the whole concept is very disturbing, I felt ill while reading this. Hell in a handbasket folks, that's where we're headed. Get right with youg God because surely this is a sign. Nothing quite spells end times like robot sex.
And... if this guy is really trying to replicate personhood, then the robot should be somewhat self-aware. And if I were a self-aware robot who couldn't move her limbs and was being used for gross shut-in sex, I'd be freaked the fuck out. I just feel bad for the robot now. Then again, if this keeps perverts off the streets, then maybe I don't mind so much. Ethical dilemma!
porcupine replied to MKUltra:
No. It's really far creepier than that, when you think about it. Far creepier.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Tanzler
It's just so very wrong. I can see the parallels with the dead friend and the building a body to house his personality...and I don't want to. Not one bit.
Mitch said:
Look, until 3,000 BC women ruled the earth. They figured out agriculture, and magically they created babies. Then men invented the plow, war, and we figured out that women were just the ovens in which we baked our bread. For the next 5,000 men were in charge, until in the last century women made a play for power again (ok fine equality).
Roxxxy is just our next offensive in battle of the sexes. Kudos to you Mr. Hines.
porcupine replied to Mitch:
Uh. Have fun mortgaging your house so you can fap into a machine, I guess?
Thank God you're out of the gene pool.
Monkey boy said:
So is the "shy, reserved" frigid farrah made specifically for rape fantasies, or what? What else is the point of a shy, reserved, frigid sex bot?
MKUltra replied to Monkey boy:
What about the "young naive personality"? Pedophilia fantasies anyone? This is all so hopelessly disturbing.
chudleycannonfodder said:
Wasn't there an article on this site from 2008 that said sexbots would be here in 5 years? Well, it seems like they're faster than we expected.
Frito at Tinagra said:
"I promised myself I would create a program to store his personality, and that became the foundation for Roxxxy True Companion."
Isn't that the plot of Caprica? Frak me, we're getting close to Cylons people.
Alice said:
"Inspiration for the sex robot sprang from the September 11, 2001 attacks, when planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon and an empty field in Pennsylvania."
That.
Just.... That sentence right there. That is something I could not have imagined I would ever read. WHY DOES SUCH A SENTENCE EXIST?
Rikari said:
God forbid they make an Edward doll for this series.....ugh the sparkles...
wanderamaranth replied to Rikari:
Thanks. Now I'll have nightmares about mysoginistic vampire sex robots, which will be ironically afraid of sex. Thanks a lot.
Beppo said:
Has anyone ever seen that dreadful 70's apocalypse movie "ZPG"? In it, the world government outlaws anyone having babies for 22 years on pain of death.
Similar to "AI" people turn to artificial children. Dissimilar to "AI" the robotic children are all horrible, uncanny valley-dwelling freaks. There's one scene where a woman wigs out to her computer shrink while her "baby" clicks and whirrs and plays, "Mummy? Why don't you love me?"
Wait, here's the clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2QZgtmSQjg
Freaky! Anyway, that's what the sexbot reminds me of.
MattK said:
Very VERY surprised that Japan didn't beat us to the punch on this...
bookfisher replied to MattK:
Japan doesnt invent as much as making things work. Which is why I am waiting on the robogeishas
MattK replied to bookfisher:
You mean like THESE?: http://bit.ly/2Nl2t3
bookfisher replied to MattK:
Damn forgot about the knives and stuff, have to pony up for a European one "ERoboter"(?)
operations said:
I take this as the sign of the final slide of humanity into self-extinction. Drink up, learn to play the fiddle, and watch the fun.
Lt. said:
One minute you're sleeping with your sex bot, the next minute they're hacking into the defense mainframe.
T4 was Here said:
WANT! But I can wait for the mark 4.
T4wasHere said:
Want! But I can wait for the mark 4.
Kevin said:
Let's look at the bright side. This could be an effective form of population control. If some guys are just interested in sex and nothing else, let them have their fun with the robot.
Ronald Tadur replied to Kevin:
YES. Precisely what I was thinking.
Stella said:
On the bright side, the availability of Stepford Wives means that insecure sexist perverts will now stay off the streets, leaving only guys without mental problems out there in the real world.
Baltimoron replied to Stella:
For the foreseeable future, only wealthy insecure sexist perverts will be able to afford these things and, well, wealthy insecure sexist perverts tend to have trophy wives/girlfriends whose values are sadly similar to those of their men.
porcupine replied to Baltimoron:
Ah, but if we subtly replace all trophy wives with empty vessels for the seed of these horrible men, look what we've accomplished!
All we need is a U-Haul van and a map to the Hampdens.
So, willingness to have sex with a robot means you're a sexist pervert?
The way I see it, we all have a sex drive and have a biological desire to do something about it. Just about everybody masturbates, and that's more or less accepted. This is just the next level.
I wouldn't jump into bed with this thing, but I think it's quite a jump to label anyone who does as sexist and perverted. It's not like your fantasies are going to offend this hunk of plastic and wires.
Honestly, I think a future where a person can go to a brothel staffed by realistic robots is better than the illegal and legal prostitution we have now. If you think people shouldn't have that option, then I suggest you have some hang-ups regarding sex.
ZeroCorpse replied to Kevin:
Prostitution isn't illegal because it's harmful to people. If that were the case, then MANY forms of selling your body for money would be illegal, such as being a pro athlete (It's a lot more physically dangerous to play football than it is to have sex, and don't even get started on soccer, hockey, and boxing).
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Prostitution is illegal because prudish religious groups in the early 1900s wanted it gone, along with alcohol and gambling, and they succeeded with an argument no more solid than "It's a sin."
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Alcohol prohibition was repealed (with caveats) but gambling and prostitution remained illegal in most of the USA.
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If it were legal, it would be regulated and subject to health department controls just like sports and any other physical contact career, so don't say it spreads disease; Being illegal is what makes it dangerous.
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But yeah, in the future we'll have sex robot brothels until the fundies decide that having sex with a robot is a sin, and find some way to make it illegal because it offends them.
Monkey boy replied to ZeroCorpse:
Not to mention that prostitution automatically becomes legal when it's filmed and posted on the Internet. Pornography is basically prostitution with a video camera. Somehow it's only illegal if no one gets to watch.
Kevin replied to ZeroCorpse:
You're right, of course. But I'd say robo-hookers have a bigger battle against social norms that religious ideals.
At least you can't make the argument that robo-hookers can gets STDS, get pregnant or suffer mental distress. They would only be a force for good. :-D
Robyn Robotron replied to Kevin:
Robo-hookers may not be able to get STDs, but they could probably transmit them, depending on the diseases in question and the fastidiousness of said brother's cleaning crew.
You think jizz moppers have it hard now? Just imagine how they'll feel about deep cleaning robo vadge.
Robyn Robotron replied to Robyn Robotron:
That should say "brothel", natch.
Now I'm just imagining a good, ol' fashioned, family-owned robo sexmart. Which in turn reminds me of the Mr. Show sketch about the Mom and Pop porn store which makes me feel a lot better.
Yay for typos!
AvengerZS said:
This has ruined my day and horrified me to my core. Anyone else here watch the Pilot of the Caprica series? The invention of this doll heralds the beginning of the end. Seriously, assuming the human race exists in 20 years and is on the run from the machines THIS event will be in our history books as a huge turning point in us kicking our own asses.
"All this has happened before....."
Dedalus said:
That "thing" is awful, but the name Frigid Farrah it's the Real Fail.
Hey, after this I hope that there will be not F.F.F. this week!
RobP said:
Wake me when the Cherry-2000 model becomes available.
E and O said:
"Roxxxy comes with five personalities."'
...am I the only one who read that and thought of "Snow Crash"?
"Brandy has a limited repertoire of facial expressions: cute and pouty; cute and sultry; perky and interested; smiling and receptive; cute and spacey."
...yep, that's 5.
also, that bit about 9/11 made me throwup a little in my mouth.
Eponymous said:
I'm not disturbed by this at all. It's just the next step in our social-sexual evolution. Someone above mentioned masturbation; that's all this really is. Why is that a bad thing?
If I were a lonely guy that was tired of the dating rat-race, I'd buy one...
Kolschey said:
I can just imagine when one of these things crashes in the middle of business and starts screaming "A fatal exception Error has occurred at 0028!" or "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down" over and over at maximum volume while shuddering and thrashing like a weedwhacker..
ZeroCorpse said:
Leave it to techies to completely mis-judge what a sex robot should be like. Instead of making it- oh, say GOOD AT SEX- they make it have a personality, and want to talk about its problems and feelings.
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...If I wanted THAT, I'd just get a real woman.
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What I want from a sex robot is a robot that is skilled at sex, and shuts the fuck up afterward. The last thing I need is an animatronic nag.
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Still... I'd fuck it. And hey- If Rob wants to pay me $7,000, I'll fuck it and then blog about it in between latex-fueled orgasms. That's just how I roll. I've fucked worse-looking real women, so this would be a piece of cake... And I won't even need to wear a condom.
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What can I say? I'm a sex addict.
Kevin replied to ZeroCorpse:
Rob, you have to dig deep and make this happen.
Hell, I would have volunteered if my girlfriend wouldn't punch me the nose for it.
ZeroCorpse replied to Kevin:
That's $7,000 on top of the price of the robot. Plus $5 for lube.
Kevin replied to ZeroCorpse:
Certainly reasonable.
Talisman said:
This point officially marks the beginning of the end of the human species.
So, who's going to evolve up and replace us? I'm betting on raccoons.
Or will it save the species? As I mentioned before, population control. We're going to eat ourselves off the planet as it is. If a good number of guys are satisfied with sex bots, it could save us all!
Talisman replied to Kevin:
An interesting point...but chances are, the people using this sexbot will be smart-but-geeky loners who prefer them to real women, leaving the real human women to the sweaty arms of Joe-Bob McRedneck. And I think we all know where that leads...Idiocracy.
Egads, there is just no hope for us!
They just need to find a way to market it to the rednecks. Perhaps include a keg with it?
wanderamaranth replied to Kevin:
No, the only thing you need to do to market it to rednecks is have a personality installed called "Hunting Hilda" or "Rabbit-Skinning Rachel". That way they can hunt with it, the robot can do all of the uncomfortably skinning and gutting of the animal, and then they can have sex with it. The only real question would be: would the states that regulate hunting issue a seperate hunting license for the robot, or would the hunting robot have to use it's owner's hunting tags? Because that would limit them to (typically) one deer between them. If it could get it's own tags then they could bag two.
Robyn Robotron replied to wanderamaranth:
If their arms and legs don't work, I shudder to think what they would use for critter skinnin'.
Oh wait, I'm a chick who has no interest in fingerbanging robots, so I guess I'm safe.
Carry on.
ZeroCorpse replied to Talisman:
Until the geeks improve their sex-bots enough that they go all Skynet and take over the world. Then it's bye-bye Joe-Bob, hello Terminator.
porcupine replied to Talisman:
Tarsiers. They have cool moustaches.
hakojo said:
Wasn't there an episode of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex where a whole bunch of these things started killing themselves because a lonely Canadian boy wanted his to be the most special sex doll in the world?
Anyway, I'd totally buy one if they actually made female sexbots with women in mind. She could keep me company until I located a suitable man, and if said man was truly suitable there's no way he'd ask me to get rid of her after we were married. It's a win-win situation.
Also, can I get her without the heartbeat? I'd prefer the computer processor noise.
demoncat said:
i do not know what is a little creepier that the inventor of the robot got inspired by his friend dieing on nine eleven or that the so called sex bot can have multiple personalities not to mention how will any one be able to do the wild thing with it wihtout winding up in pain from the metal the thing is made of.
edgreen86 said:
For the price tag of this battery powered horror from Hell, I can find a real woman who'll dress up like Power Girl and rock my world for a weekend.
And have cab fare when its over.
And personality downloads from the 'Net? For the same price tag, I can get a hacker to work up a modified form of Asimov's Three Laws. You know, the version where killing someone to save the gene pool is ok.
Enigma_2099 said:
Didn't they make an anime about this shit?!?!?! I KNOW there's a FFF in the works...
Inspired by the events of 9/11...
WHAT THE EVER-FUCKING-FUCK?!?!?!?
Japan has jumped the shark... and is now in the process of banging it from behind... what the hell, man...
... what? This wasn't made by the Japanese? This was made by some French guy? I KNEW they couldn't be trusted...
LadySheeana said:
If they're wirelessly connected to the internet and there's some sort of network for sharing personalities, it's only a matter of time before people start hacking these things like hell, to which I will say FUCK AND YES.
Enigma_2099 replied to LadySheeana:
The fact that you're a girl and actually into this sort of thing... makes me want to get to know you better...
and holy hell... there's gonna be a male version?
The Amazing Rando replied to Enigma_2099:
I want to go to your house, and have a little Sandwich Action with your sexbot on the bottom you in the middle and me on top. You up for a little DP baby. There is a reason I'm known as The Amazing Rando... don't worry baby I won't come alone I'll be sure to bring my sexbot Amanda with me and you can have a little lesbo action with her, you won't even know I'm in the room except for the glow of my cigarette.
Enigma_2099 replied to The Amazing Rando:
... what, no dinner first?
You cheap bastard.
Zade said:
I alerted you to this during the contest dude...
John said:
Normally, I'd say "to each his own": if there's a buyer for something like this, then more power to the company who makes it.
The most disturbing things are:
1) That wirelessly connects to the Internet to "download updates". Have we not learned what these words mean by now? First, it means that the software will update itself with the latest "patch", which will inevitably break something. Second, do we know what kind of data it's storing and sending back to the server? Obviously it has some kind of unique ID (IP address?) which can be used to track all kinds of things, not the least of which is "number of times used", "number of positions"... in other words, your entire history with this thing.
2) The quote that this was inspired by 9/11 is just gross and disturbing. If he wanted to make some kind of statement about saving his friend's personality, he could have said he saw it in a sci-fi movie. There's no need at all to bring up 9/11, especially when you're talking about a sex doll!
The Shadow said:
Five personalities? Just what the world is waiting for: sex-bots with all the psychic damage that real women are carrying around. Geez, dude, why don't you make them menstruate and have headaches for 28 days out of every month while you're at it?
BoredLizzie replied to The Shadow:
I am terribly sorry that all the women you know menstruate and have headaches for 28 days out of every month . . . not sorry for you, but for them. That must be terrible to live with. As for robots with psycho-female emo-drama, well, perhaps you are giving "Frigid Farrah" more of a well-rounded personality than the doll's creator did.
seasix said:
Even the sad, sad men who have turned to dolls for sex and "companionship" are mocking the living hell out of this thing (link NSFW... why in the hell are you reading this article if you're at work you naughty monkey):
http://www.dollforum.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=27746#309506
rickicker said:
wait a tick...THERE'S AN ADULT ENTERTAINMENT EXPO?!!!!
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oh...oh god...
James Monroe said:
I think a lot of people (including the author) are overreacting to this thing. It seems to me that this technology has a lot of potential for people who otherwise have no hope of experiencing intimacy. People with terminal disabilities, people whose work requires them to be separated from women/men for a long time, might find some comfort in these devices, primitive as they are.
Sex dolls are obviously not going to replace human partners any time soon. Even if the physical characteristics of the doll were convincing (right now, she can't even walk), you can't possibly expect the intricate complexities of the human psyche to be replicated in a robot. Anyone who has the ability to meet and become intimate with real people is not going to choose Roxy out of laziness.
However, for some people in unusual situations, it might be the only option they have.
emerson999 replied to James Monroe:
Same here, it's kind of depressing to see the general lack of sympathy for anyone who'd have to stoop to this. I might have felt the same way at one point as well. But a few years back there was a documentary about people who own real dolls. And it really opened my eyes.
People aren't going to choose an upgraded blow up doll over an actual partner. The people who do so are, for the vast majority, people who can't get anyone. And think what that says about a person. I mean I'm a bitter nerd with a bad leg and arm. And even I don't have a huge amount of trouble finding a satisfying relationship. The people who will buy something like this have problems. Serious mental, physical, emotional, what have you.
The strongest memory I have of that was a guy who suffered a severe head injury and was just pretty much incapable of real interaction with people anymore. About the only thing he could do was sit in seclusion and make models of happy people living a life he could never have, but remained aware of enough to know what he was missing out on. You know what, anyone who looks down on someone like that for buying someone like this deserves worth.
I have to say, I'm more than a little shocked by both the lack of sympathy and pity from the readers here. The people who'd get something like this are messed up in the head. Whether it's from neurological injury or sociological one, they're mentally crippled.
chudleycannonfodder said:
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/01/you_could_bang_a_robot_in_five_years.php
Look's like they worked overtime and beat you by three years.
Des said:
You guys are such liars, you know if it resembled princess Liai or whoever, you'd all be typing out your nerd fantasies right now.
porcupine replied to Des:
And then they'd die of auto-erotic asphyxiation trying to recreate the Leia escape scene.
Bill Binder said:
Rob,
How can you possibly, possibly, possibly be upset about this.
It's a friggin'
TOPLESS
ROBOT
Enigma_2099 replied to Bill Binder:
ZING!!!!!
DarthDickus said:
Personally I am in love with this bit of silicone and circuitry, I am volunteering to be a beta test fucker.
