[Tyler]

Latest Geminoids May Fool You
     


Humanform robots, a.k.a. androids, keep getting better and better.
The latest Geminoids
from
Kokoro
and
Hiroshi Ishiguro
may leave you wondering whether they are really robots
or humans pretending to be robots.
IEEE Spectrum's article
includes both construction photos and
video of a finished robot.

   

http://robots.net/article/3119.html
     

[Freddy]

You guys have to check these out 

[squarebear]

I just saw those videos. Amazing! I'll have to load some AIML into one and send it to work instead of me!   

[DaveMorton]

I did, Freddy, and I'm sending Tyler the therapy bills!

[Bragi]

My eyesight might not be 20/20 anymore, but I had to look twice, only the repetitive movement gave it away. Very very realistic. It made me wonder, soon, we don't only need to worry about: is she really a 'she'? but also is she a she or a that?

[Freddy]

My eyesight might not be 20/20 anymore, but I had to look twice, only the repetitive movement gave it away. Very very realistic. It made me wonder, soon, we don't only need to worry about: is she really a 'she'? but also is she a she or a that?

I guess that's only going to happen if they make them conscious in some way  

I did, Freddy, and I'm sending Tyler the therapy bills!

You and me both

[Freddy]

I just saw those videos. Amazing! I'll have to load some AIML into one and send it to work instead of me!  

Yes, like in Surrogates, although I think that film had a nice moral at the end.

[Art]

It's coming...you know it is....

It's just a matter of time!