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Post by Gilberto on Sept 19, 2010 19:27:29 GMT -5
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Post by lynn on Sept 19, 2010 23:39:31 GMT -5
I love how Sean thinks he's some sort of psychologist “humans would only buy the sex robots ever and everyone would be buying them all the time” you know not everyone buys hookers and they're kinda the same thing. Think about that Sean. “The robots wouldn't have any reason to destroy us” man, what makes you think you're going to know how Robots think? There's so many many things that could go wrong and cause the robots to attack us. Firstly, it's people creating an artificial intelligence, of course something is going to go wrong with that program. They're probably going to try to give the damn things emotions too, which will make things completely illogical. I have no real reason for jumping on ant heaps but I do that. Or, I mean, some nasty people do that... Furthermore, it could be a weirdo doing the programming. Who knows?
And you can't forget the ghost in the machine. My mp3 player has no reason to always play the backstreet boys, which make up a relatively small portion of my playlist, but every time I put it on random there they are, popping up to embarrass me in front of my cool friends.
Oh, sad aside to talk about Thomas. Nice. Poor puppy!
Oh how amusing Greg wants to slit people's throat, last week when we were recording I was threatening to punch him in the throat, sounds like I listened to the episode before I was recording but it's actually a reference to an argument between some celebrities who wanted to punch each other in the throat. Because it's funnier.
I don't think having me on the show would have helped Brooks, because every time I come on all we seem to talk about is boobs anyway.
I did enjoy the Vron play, that was funny.
I was going to say “nice episode” as usual guys but I really can't. I think if you're going to have a serious talk about robots don't bother getting a girl in, just tape Sean's mouth shut, because the only time he wasn't talking about sex doll was to ridicule you guys for thinking differently. I don't think they should make robots anyway, not looking like people ones. I think if you want a robotic device to carry out a specific function, the design should be the best possible design for that function. It shouldn't look like a person just because that's the way it is in the sci fi. If you want companion-bots for the mentally ill maybe make them look like dogs, dogs are so successful. Here's a thought, why not just give them dogs? The problem is for me that I really can't see much reason to make much robot things, not humanoid things anyway. Or even artificially intelligent ones, not in the way that makes them just like us. Make a thing for a function, leave it at that. Why do you need a computer to play chess with you, can't you just find another person? Why can't we spend all that money curing cancer rather than getting a robot to do something we're perfectly competent at already?
Also, sex robots will never be acceptible to me.
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Post by Gilberto on Sept 20, 2010 16:17:06 GMT -5
I think Greg has an interesting concern that robots should never be designed to look like humans, but from what I've already seen that's not going to be a restriction. Maybe they should just watch old scifi and make them look like Twiki and that robot dog from Battlestar Galactica.
I believe that Brooks and I dramatized the pitfalls of attempting to make a robot your sex toy in a way that everyone learned something, so I have nothing further to say on that subject.
Robots as companions, I think, will be an important part of the future. I don't know about robot animals, because they should be designed to perform human tasks (maybe robot monkeys would be good), but especially for people as they get older, like Greg was saying, having a robot to help care for them and protect them would be a benefit. You think some punk would steal an old lady's purse if she had an ED-209 following her around? I don't think so.
As for me taping my mouth shut, world, I've risen to this challenge before. Say the word and I'll sit one out. It'll do you some good to see what life without Gilberto would be like so you can truly appreciate me. Like George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life. Except if some mean old man in a wheelchair tried to steal my money I'd beat his crippled ass. That's just how I roll.
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Post by Scary Gary on Sept 20, 2010 18:02:50 GMT -5
I don't see the robo-sex issue as plausible. I think the same reservations people feel about current masturbatory devises would apply to sexbots. If it cannot be concealed in one's sock draw, it probably isn't going to be marketable to the masses of undatables.
With respect to the gun/sword discussion: coming from a guy who has never fired a gun nor swung a sword, I'd wager that it would take less time to become proficient with the handgun. The fact that the handgun is much more concealable will allow for a closer approach to the target (someone is bound to notice you walking up to them carrying a broadsword). The area needed to fully utilize a handgun is also much smaller than that needed for a sword (try swinging a baseball bat in a hallway).
Just some thoughts.
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Post by Scary Gary on Sept 20, 2010 18:05:41 GMT -5
That tadpole bot weirds me out something fierce.
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Post by lynn on Sept 20, 2010 19:44:15 GMT -5
you know what is weird about the tadpole bot? It's being held by the creepy guy that modelled his last creepy bot on himself, so it kinda feels like it's a bot being held up by another bot... like they're reproducing themselves now.
I think the arguement for the gun being easier is a good one. There are arguements for swords too; to cancel out the element of surprise there's the element of surprise. If someone points a gun at you you're automatically going to think "he's going to kill me!" but if someone has a sword your instincts don't pop up and shout so quickly. As someone who has had both pointed at me... Also, a sword is nice and quiet. I don't necessarily think the broadsword is the way to go; the disadvantage of the sword is its visibility and its necessary closeness to target. So I think smaller concealable blades may be better, like Legolas' knives. That way they're good for sneak attacks and you use the gun for ranged attack. I think you need both to be a real killer.
If you're going for a purely companion bot I still say animal is as viable as human. If you want it to do human-like tasks then you still probably don't need it to look like people. I'm just saying...
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gretl
Robot Monkey
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Post by gretl on Sept 25, 2010 11:07:28 GMT -5
Will you puh-LEASE warn us at the beginning when you're going to read from your trash novels!? Here was me with a two hour drive with the girls, sooo pleased to have a new podcast to pass the time.... ACK!  I'm not asking for family-friendly, I don't shelter my kids a whole lot. Juggsploitation/junxploitation/pleasurebots ... bring it on! Even horror movies (well, except maybe penises that grow like beanstalks...) But this? This is just too much. I squirm enough just listening to Edmund Cooper when I'm BY MYSELF! ;D We went to the toy store afterwards and I can tell you that for every boy-targeted robot, there is a creepy baby doll or stuffed animal. Not sure if making these things more and more life-like is "fixing the future" but I'm sure it will continue. I think humanoid robots will always be somewhat of a novelty market though. "Form follows function" will be what improves our lives. Stuff like this:  "Hairbot"I WANT ONE!!! |
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Post by lynn on Sept 25, 2010 19:48:23 GMT -5
I do not want head-eating robot.
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Post by drivebyluna on Sept 26, 2010 1:28:50 GMT -5
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Post by Gilberto on Sept 26, 2010 18:04:13 GMT -5
I'm sorry, gret, we'll be good from now on. I thought saying that we talk about sex and trash novels was warning enough, but I thought about putting a stronger warning on it.
I just got carried away by the awfulness of that book. We'll keep it clean.
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Post by broox on Oct 11, 2010 9:48:08 GMT -5
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Post by ctupa on Oct 12, 2010 14:02:46 GMT -5
That tadpole is so weird, especially how he's staring at that guy!
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Post by Gilberto on Oct 12, 2010 16:16:00 GMT -5
Already plotting...
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