I worry about it. Every year I see more articles with sloppy mistakes that could be caught by any half-drunk editor phoning his job in. Sites springing up publishing 90% slop clearly so someone can keep writing. Not to mention the risks to journalism in a country where the president threatens any group whose speech he doesn't like.
As (i think) Parenti said, now is the time of monsters. Cool robot though. That, genuinely, is crazy impressive.
So far. Since Terminators are capable humanoid robots and the goal is to make capable humanoid robots each improvement is going to look more like a Terminator. And also like every other capable humanoid robot from other sci-fi as well, good bad or neutral.
The only reason to leap to "OMG it's a Terminator!" Is to bait the clicks.
Because when humans see a robot with boobs, the comments turn into "hey this robot has tits", and when they don't, the comments turn into "humanity is going to be euthanised by the machines".
I’m not saying this because she’s a billionaire, and this is really nothing against her, her looks, or her music, but I never found Taylor Swift to be, like, sexy. She’s quite beautiful and very talented but she’s just not who comes to mind when I think of slinky sexiness.
I get you! She's extraordinarily beautiful, and not just in a blonde hair/blue eyes kinda way. I have an admiration for any man or woman who works hard to maximize their appearance. My wife is like that. She won't win any beauty pageants, but she is as attractive as it's possible to be for her. It's fucking hard work and Swift could do nothing to be any more attractive.
Turns out I like her music too! Kids listening to something, "That's cool, who's that?"
But sexy? Maybe she's too perfect? I like a woman that's "off" in some way. Maybe a big nose, wide-spaced eyes, pouchy mouth, gimme some imperfections that stand out.
Yes, Daleks are not robots, they're squishy tentacle space nazis inside mobile battle casing pepperpots that they call War Machines. The Terminator T1 however looks vaguely like such a pepperpot if you squint and are Doctor Who brained.
Chores and other stuff we don't want to/can't do. This has been the dream for decades now, so many old encyclopedias with "future tech" chapters show robots caring for people, sometimes as caregivers (for old people, or blind etc), sometimes as entertainers.
Wealth inequality isn't going away anytime soon, but that doesn't mean you can condemn the entire field of humanoid robots as useless/unreachable for the 99%. There's probably going to be a point when a suzuki swift (geo metro for americans) equivalent of a robot will come along.
Wealth inequality isn’t going away anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean you can condemn the entire field of humanoid robots as useless/unreachable for the 99%.
That's exactly what it means. Even a geo metro is a garbage machine that's completely unaffordable for most of humanity and literally destroying the planet. There's nothing to be gained by normalizing inequality and minimizing its very terrible effects.
This seems to be the really interesting part: "..the bot also contains the “first all-solid-state battery in the industry,” as opposed to the liquid electrolyte typically found in lithium-ion batteries. Solid-state batteries are considered the “holy grail” for electric vehicle development .."
Am I missing something, or did they just dress up a woman with a prosthetic leg to resemble an android, and remove the dressing around the prosthetic to "prove" she isn't human?
If the robot is tough enough for production they should have no fear of stripping the clothes off with a box knife. The whole scene was still pretty impressive, especially compared to last week's Russia bot! 🤦🏻♂️
But still, were I heading this project, I'd insist on toughness at this point in development. (Talking out my ass, looking to the end game, no idea where they're at ATM.)
I guess they will eventually get there. It is interesting to point out though that the first robot is only shown from the torso down. Guess it has some support?
62 Comments
toffi@piefed.social · 53 pts · 292d
"We've now constructed the doomsday machine from the popular novel 'Don't build the doomsday machine'"
zqwzzle@lemmy.ca · 30 pts · 292d
I like the original “torment nexus” phrasing better.
toffi@piefed.social · 21 pts · 292d
Ah I was quoting from memory. You're right the torment nexus line is better.
FaceDeer@fedia.io · 3 pts · 292d
You have an overly broad definition of "doomsday machine."
Lembot_0005@lemy.lol · 35 pts · 292d
The result is nice and cool. It is the level of modern journalism that is disturbing.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 292d
I worry about it. Every year I see more articles with sloppy mistakes that could be caught by any half-drunk editor phoning his job in. Sites springing up publishing 90% slop clearly so someone can keep writing. Not to mention the risks to journalism in a country where the president threatens any group whose speech he doesn't like.
As (i think) Parenti said, now is the time of monsters. Cool robot though. That, genuinely, is crazy impressive.
northernlights@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 292d
I mean in this instance, if you look at the thumbnail of the author and then follow his link, he looks not a day over 16.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 292d
Im middle-aged, anyone under 30 looks like a baby to me 😅 babies can be journalists as long as they've got ethics and a good editor
scarabic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 292d
Seriously. How many ways are there to make an humanoid robot out of stainless steel and aluminium?
FaceDeer@fedia.io · 28 pts · 292d
What clickbait. Apparently any vaguely capable humanoid robot is a "straight-up Terminator"?
shalafi@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 291d
That's the most "Terminator" looking robot I've ever seen.
FaceDeer@fedia.io · 1 pts · 291d
So far. Since Terminators are capable humanoid robots and the goal is to make capable humanoid robots each improvement is going to look more like a Terminator. And also like every other capable humanoid robot from other sci-fi as well, good bad or neutral.
The only reason to leap to "OMG it's a Terminator!" Is to bait the clicks.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 291d
It looks the a Terminator "under the hood". I doubt anyone was trying to sell a "living tissue over metal endoskeleton" kinda headline.
BennyInc@feddit.org · 3 pts · 291d
Well to be fair, they didn’t have to give it machine gun arms and red glowing eyes. But maybe that’s just me.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 291d
Not necessary. Not wanted. Just a grift.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 292d
If you can't handle me at my Roy Baty you don't deserve me at my Pris Stratton
mechoman444@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 291d
They meant that in terms of infiltration they're becoming more humanoid at an exponential level
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 292d
Why does it have boobs though? Is that like extra space For batteries? Why not a bellybutton if we are Going for realism?
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 31 pts · 292d
Because humans will put tits on anything. I watched a movie about sentient cockroaches, and the girl cockroaches all had tits.
tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 292d
to be fair to the addition of bazongas, those characters are more 'humans in cockroach costumes' than 'sentient cockroaches.'
Gonzako@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 291d
We all love some badongadongs tho
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 292d
Because when humans see a robot with boobs, the comments turn into "hey this robot has tits", and when they don't, the comments turn into "humanity is going to be euthanised by the machines".
wabafee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 291d
That's their target market, sex dolls.
FaceDeer@fedia.io · 2 pts · 292d
I'd say "found the bot", but even bots are familiar with why boobs appeal to human sensibilities.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 292d
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 291d
that one was AI video i believe.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 292d
What?
SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 292d
It was a Reddit comment in response to this video (Catbox alt).
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 292d
Joe Wilkins clearly has a thing for robots.
confuser@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 292d
Any mention of sexy robots deserves mention of sexy robots man
Hajime sorayama
unpossum@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 292d
That looks more like a Terminatrix
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 13 pts · 292d
Gen 1 Synth lookin' motherfucker.
flightyhobler@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 292d
That's a low bar
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 291d
Pretty sure this grifter had a high bar when he said that.
deacon@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 292d
I’m not saying this because she’s a billionaire, and this is really nothing against her, her looks, or her music, but I never found Taylor Swift to be, like, sexy. She’s quite beautiful and very talented but she’s just not who comes to mind when I think of slinky sexiness.
realitista@lemmus.org · 2 pts · 292d
She's a bit stiff IMHO.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 291d
I get you! She's extraordinarily beautiful, and not just in a blonde hair/blue eyes kinda way. I have an admiration for any man or woman who works hard to maximize their appearance. My wife is like that. She won't win any beauty pageants, but she is as attractive as it's possible to be for her. It's fucking hard work and Swift could do nothing to be any more attractive.
Turns out I like her music too! Kids listening to something, "That's cool, who's that?"
But sexy? Maybe she's too perfect? I like a woman that's "off" in some way. Maybe a big nose, wide-spaced eyes, pouchy mouth, gimme some imperfections that stand out.
pyria@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 291d
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 9 pts · 292d
So they skipped the Dalek phase, huh?
FaceDeer@fedia.io · 5 pts · 292d
Wheeled robots have been the norm for decades, we didn't skip that.
LordMayor@piefed.social · 4 pts · 292d
Didn’t Daleks have little squishy aliens inside them?
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 5 pts · 292d
Yes, Daleks are not robots, they're squishy tentacle space nazis inside mobile battle casing pepperpots that they call War Machines. The Terminator T1 however looks vaguely like such a pepperpot if you squint and are Doctor Who brained.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 292d
What is the endgame here? People are supposed to buy these? To do what?
The took the fabric off a mechanical device to reveal it was a mechanical device. Disturbing?
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 292d
I'd buy one if it would help fight off ice agents.
unpossum@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 292d
I read ice giants and thought I’d missed a headline today
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 291d
Pretty sure ICE can afford to but thousands/millions of these cyborgs while normal people might have Alexa speakers.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 292d
Chores and other stuff we don't want to/can't do. This has been the dream for decades now, so many old encyclopedias with "future tech" chapters show robots caring for people, sometimes as caregivers (for old people, or blind etc), sometimes as entertainers.
filcuk@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 291d
Except regular people will struggle to afford food out whilst these will be cleaning rich people's yachts.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 291d
Wealth inequality isn't going away anytime soon, but that doesn't mean you can condemn the entire field of humanoid robots as useless/unreachable for the 99%. There's probably going to be a point when a suzuki swift (geo metro for americans) equivalent of a robot will come along.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 291d
That's exactly what it means. Even a geo metro is a garbage machine that's completely unaffordable for most of humanity and literally destroying the planet. There's nothing to be gained by normalizing inequality and minimizing its very terrible effects.
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 292d
Robots will do everything slaves used to d without pay
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 291d
And what will the "slaves" do? They gonna get their own robot and drive around in flying cars? jfc.
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 291d
The lower-class will either go chronically online or go get educated and get a non-replaceable job
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 291d
What a weird fucking tagline on an article that insinuates a robotic dystopian future.
Although there are some weird horny undertones, so I guess it checks out. Still, weird article all around
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 290d
They know what grabs people's attention.
slaacaa@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 291d
Press X to doubt
Sims@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 291d
This seems to be the really interesting part: "..the bot also contains the “first all-solid-state battery in the industry,” as opposed to the liquid electrolyte typically found in lithium-ion batteries. Solid-state batteries are considered the “holy grail” for electric vehicle development .."
massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 3 pts · 292d
I won't die to anything wearing crocs!!
eager_eagle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 292d
tbh, with those hips I might eventually join the robots
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 291d
Hips don't hallucinate.
jimerson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 290d
Am I missing something, or did they just dress up a woman with a prosthetic leg to resemble an android, and remove the dressing around the prosthetic to "prove" she isn't human?
shalafi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 291d
If the robot is tough enough for production they should have no fear of stripping the clothes off with a box knife. The whole scene was still pretty impressive, especially compared to last week's Russia bot! 🤦🏻♂️
But still, were I heading this project, I'd insist on toughness at this point in development. (Talking out my ass, looking to the end game, no idea where they're at ATM.)
bvoigtlaender@feddit.org · 1 pts · 290d
I guess they will eventually get there. It is interesting to point out though that the first robot is only shown from the torso down. Guess it has some support?