She's not a sex-bot, but "she could be tweaked".

Chance

"Keep scrubbing, baby."

Okeee, so there's this article in The Sun about this dude from Canada (please don't judge us by this) who "never had time to find a real partner so he designed one using the latest technology."

He thinks she may take care of him in his golden years, and notes that “She doesn’t need holidays, food or rest and she will work almost 24-hours a day. She is the perfect woman,” he said.

That's a direct quote. He actually said that. I can't recall ever saying this in my entire life, but here it is:
This dude needs to get laid. And I never thought I'd have to be so specific, but - by a flesh-and-blood human.


Now, if this thread doesn't belong in the area dedicated to technology (it seemed the most suitable place) or if this is just too stupid and ridiculous to warrant a thread, please lock this. But honestly. Damn. I can think of much better ways to spend $20,690.00.

Like an HDTV and some more video games. Okay, well maybe we're not so different.



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Edit: Two of the best points in the thread (but by no means the funniest)...

Djiem wrote: »

He didn't have time to find a girl so he built one? He didn't have time to find a girl BECAUSE he built one.

and

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

apotheos wrote: »

This is obviously a hoax.

this is a very exaggerated story

the Sun is basically a fucking tabloid anyways

Fiaryn

I'm shocked this isn't coming from Japan.

Faffel

Chance wrote: »

“She doesn’t need holidays, food or rest and she will work almost 24-hours a day. She is the perfect woman,” he said.

High-five. Sign me up.

Kajusta

But Blade Runner was so cool

EvilBadman

Goddammit, Japanada.

Ashcroft

This is just some guy leaning a real doll up against things.

FyreWulff

I'm already predicting that this robot will end up killing him or be involved in his death in some fashion.

Khavall

Technologically it's pretty cool


But goddammit Canada

tsmvengy

Did anyone else see Lars and the Real Girl?

Yeah.

Mordrack

FyreWulff wrote: »

I'd think we would rather he enslave a robot than abuse an actual woman.

However, I'm already predicting that this robot will end up killing him or be involved in his death in some fashion.

Hopefully he'd program it with the three laws in mind.

EvilBadman

Khavall wrote: »

Technologically it's pretty cool


But goddammit Canada

No, friend, Japanada.

Mordrack wrote: »

FyreWulff wrote: »

I'd think we would rather he enslave a robot than abuse an actual woman.

However, I'm already predicting that this robot will end up killing him or be involved in his death in some fashion.

Hopefully he'd program it with the three laws in mind.

Three holes, maybe.

Mr Bubbles

Maybe its me, being a rational human being and all

But

People like this actually exist? In the real world? Breathing my fucking oxygen?

Faffel

I don't see the issue with creating a robot maid. Did The Jetsons get this much flak for it?

FyreWulff

Actually I think the people that threw rocks at a freaking robot were more pathetic than I could ever imagine.

Chance

Kajusta wrote: »

But Blade Runner was so cool

lolz

Khavall wrote: »

But goddammit Canada

Nooooo!

EvilBadman wrote: »

Mordrack wrote: »

FyreWulff wrote: »

I'm already predicting that this robot will end up killing him or be involved in his death in some fashion.

Hopefully he'd program it with the three laws in mind.

Three holes, maybe.

Ha!

Dr. Jeebus

Great picture; I didn't realize the only thing women were for was cleaning.

Chance

FyreWulff wrote: »

Actually I think the people that threw rocks at a freaking robot were more pathetic than I could ever imagine.

Threw rocks? Did I miss a bit in that article? 'Cause yeah that's pretty pathetic. Edit: oh yeah, there it is "Once someone threw a rock at Aiko. That really upset me."

Well. Pathetic all 'round, then! At least you can admire his technical prowess.

Dr. Jeebus wrote: »

Great picture; I didn't realize the only thing women were for was cleaning.

Yeah that was the only one I could get, from a different article. The ones in the Sun article that show the dude and the robot together couldn't be linked.

ghost_master2000

EvilBadman wrote: »

Khavall wrote: »

Technologically it's pretty cool


But goddammit Canada

No, friend, Japanada.

Mordrack wrote: »

FyreWulff wrote: »

I'd think we would rather he enslave a robot than abuse an actual woman.

However, I'm already predicting that this robot will end up killing him or be involved in his death in some fashion.

Hopefully he'd program it with the three laws in mind.

Three holes, maybe.

:winky:

Holy shit that made me crack up.

Flippy_D

Chance is right to pick up on the quote, but draws the entirely wrong conclusion.

This guy doesn't need to get laid. He needs a fucking course in why women are not objects.

Dr Mario Kart

Other than the waste of money, I dont a significant problem. Just leave the guy alone.

apotheos

Cleans the house and can speak/understand 13k words?

This is obviously a hoax.

Food

Flippy_D wrote: »

Chance is right to pick up on the quote, but draws the entirely wrong conclusion.

This guy doesn't need to get laid. He needs a fucking course in why women are not objects.

But are robot women objects? That is a whole nother question, my friend.

Nartwak

"The perfect woman is an obedient slave." - Le Trung

Chance

Flippy_D wrote: »

Chance is right to pick up on the quote, but draws the entirely wrong conclusion.

This guy doesn't need to get laid. He needs a fucking course in why women are not objects.

I'm sorry, my point was intimacy. Thinking a robot you programmed in any way competes with a flesh-and-blood companion with feelings and its own point of view is... fucked up.

Mario Kart doesn't make a bad point - but it's not like we're hucking stones at the guy and his 'bot. We're just amazed by it.

Evil Multifarious

apotheos wrote: »

Cleans the house and can speak/understand 13k words?

This is obviously a hoax.

yeah, uh, i think you guys are missing the important point that this is bullshit

if he designed a robot that could do household chores for 20 000 dollars, it'd be a much bigger deal than "oh look at this sad dude"

that would be pretty incredible technology. revolutionary.

this is a very exaggerated story

the Sun is basically a fucking tabloid anyways

Bursar

Isn't the Sun a tabloid on par with the National Enquirer, Star, and other Bat Boy / Mothman / Lucky Blue Dot crap? Or is the Sun in Canada a different Sun than the one in the UK?

Kylogue

... And more importantly, how do you tweak it!?

Food

After actually reading the article... this is complete bullshit. It doesn't really even try to hide that fact either. This is like having a thread on the amazing bat boy.

FyreWulff

Pretty sure it's a tabloid everywhere.

I think the only tabloid ever bought by anyone in my family was one with the cover story "Fat cat owns 16 old ladies" because everyone found it so damn hilarious.

Flippy_D

Food wrote: »

Flippy_D wrote: »

Chance is right to pick up on the quote, but draws the entirely wrong conclusion.

This guy doesn't need to get laid. He needs a fucking course in why women are not objects.

But are robot women objects? That is a whole nother question, my friend.

Not really pertinant to the quote though. He quite specifically says it's the perfect woman, not the perfect robot.

edit: and yeah, it's obviously not a true story. The Sun is complete dross.

Sir Platypus

The next day Billy's planet was destroyed by aliens. Have you guessed the name of Billy's planet? It was Earth.

Don't!

Date!

Robots!

Einhander

I've been wondering what Katchem_Ash was up to lately.

MiserableMirth

I think it's only a matter of time before men and women are humping robots. Hopefully they'll pitch it as a glorified masturbation and not "the perfect man/woman is a sex slave!"

Djiem

Having a robot clean your house or please you sexually might be weird to some (including me, though I'd definitely want a robot to clean my house), but really, only two things bother me about this whole story:

1- His quote would be right... if women weren't human beings.

2- He didn't have time to find a girl so he built one? He didn't have time to find a girl BECAUSE he built one.

Flippy_D

The next twenty years are going to get pretty interesting regarding this sort of stuff.

edit: robot/human sex, that is.

Djiem

Personally, as Mirth said, I see these robots to be a little step above the fleshlight and battery-operated vibrators: Advanced/glorified masturbation. These will never replace humans, but they can replace your hand/fingers. And that's ok. But really, I couldn't fuck a realdoll. That's too far in the uncanny valley realm for me. Ugh. It would look like necrophilia. That dead girl, not breathing, not moving, not making a sound... creepy.

Chance

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

yeah, uh, i think you guys are missing the important point that this is bullshit

Yeah, probably.

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

if he designed a robot that could do household chores for 20 000 dollars, it'd be a much bigger deal than "oh look at this sad dude"

that would be pretty incredible technology. revolutionary.

I dunno, doesn't the stock Roomba sell for like $200 nowadays?

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

this is a very exaggerated story

the Sun is basically a fucking tabloid anyways

Yeah, you're probably right. In fact I'm almost sure you're right. But the video on the linked page just freaked me out enough that I was prepared to start a thread and say "omfg check dis shit."

Damn you, Sun! You've made a monkey of me!

Bursar

MiserableMirth wrote: »

I think it's only a matter of time before men and women are humping robots. Hopefully they'll pitch it as a glorified masturbation and not "the perfect man/woman is a sex slave!"

Another job outsourced to machines...

Soon we'll have modular robot companions that the man can screw and keep the semen in a special receptacle to be used later when the same robot has its penis attachment installed, and we can continue the propagation of the species without having to come into direct contact with those icky bodily fluids.

Hmm... Hang on, I need to go write a book about this.

Kyougu

Einhander wrote: »

I've been wondering what Katchem_Ash was up to lately.

This made me laugh.

Poor Ash...he will always be the butt of all jokes.

Toxin01

At least I got a new sig outta this thread.

Uselesswarrior

Chance wrote: »

Flippy_D wrote: »

Chance is right to pick up on the quote, but draws the entirely wrong conclusion.

This guy doesn't need to get laid. He needs a fucking course in why women are not objects.

I'm sorry, my point was intimacy. Thinking a robot you programmed in any way competes with a flesh-and-blood companion with feelings and its own point of view is... fucked up.

Mario Kart doesn't make a bad point - but it's not like we're hucking stones at the guy and his 'bot. We're just amazed by it.

I think its cool that we have someone name mario kart, so we can say things like "Mario Kart doesn't make a bad point".

Crash Bandicoot 3 raises an interesting point, but the statements put forth by Devil May Cry are undeniable!