Comments on: Video: New gold standard in freaky deaky Japanese robots set

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » War porn: Three killbots now patrolling for jihadis in Iraq

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:55:19 +0000

[...] Via Danger Room. As freaky deaky anti-Bush Japanese robot head is a baby step towards Westworld, so is this sweet little butch a new milestone on the road to the anti-jihadi combat soldier of the future. [...]

By: WisCon

WisCon — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:10:34 +0000

I dunno, I think the baby robot was creepier.

And of course, president = Bush + War + Iraq = a look of terror on his face.

Can you program it to think it’s 1998 and say “Clinton”?

Also, these people are out of their minds if they think this thing is going to be a companion of the elderly in a few years. It will give them nightmares!

By: Gwillie

Gwillie — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:56:18 +0000

Send it to Iraq. It will save the jihadist all the work of beheading infidels and freak them out at the same time… WE WIN!!!

By: pedestrian

pedestrian — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:41:57 +0000

I really don’t see this as any improvement over a doll that yells “BUSH LIED!” when you pull the string.

By: kiakjones

kiakjones — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:29:23 +0000

Looks like the expressions Jackie Chan makes when a stunt goes not quite as planned.

By: fusionaddict

fusionaddict — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:21:24 +0000

Someone say “Jews”.

I will pay money to see what this cybernetic douchebag does.

By: Resolute

Resolute — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:11:27 +0000

All it needs now is some hands so it can applaud while watching “The View.”
Blacklake on June 5, 2007 at 4:58 PM

I think they are building the replacement for Rosie! All they need is for it to spout out a few prerecorded phrases.

Gulf of Tonkin! Google it!
Fire can’t melt steel!
Bush killed 655,000 Iraqi’s!

By: Rode Werk

Rode Werk — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:54:31 +0000

Where is Issac Asimov when you need him.

The comedy you could with this robot would be endless, you could create an entire Pelosi skit with that thing. Just prop the head on a stick, overdo some mascara and rouge, and repeat “President” to it, viola!

By: JunkCoast

JunkCoast — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:17:34 +0000

Nice word association algorythm, guys. Everyone is filled with fear at the mention of the word “president.” Really scary word, that.
What does it do when you say “murder!” or “shark!” around it? Explode?

Perhaps, given that it is just a head at this stage, it might be appropriate to fit it with a fashionable tinfoil hat. And you might want to put it in a bouyant container in case global warming causes a 21′ rise in sea level next week.

Ugh. That thing is obviously a model of a low I.Q. alien. Let’s naturalize it! The USA needs robo-dems.

By: Krydor

Krydor — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:40:19 +0000

nailinmyeye,

It’s called “nuance”, man. He’s a deep robot. The weight of the world rests upon him. Maybe he loves lemons? Maybe he is soured on love? Who knows, when Bush and the war disgusts him so.

By: nailinmyeye

nailinmyeye — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:21:07 +0000

I didn’t see all that much of a difference in all of its expressions. Am I missing something. It looked exactly the same to me when “Lemon” was on the screen as when “Love” was on the screen. And when the dude was talking, the thing didn’t move at all.

Now that I think about it, the whole time the robot looked kind of like some freaked expression Pauly Shore had on his face in Encino Man.

Freaky – yes. Cool – not so much.

By: James

James — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:11:48 +0000

I love how the servomotors make it sound as if it’s ‘hissing’ like a cat.

By: WastelandMan

WastelandMan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:59:35 +0000

I think they Could Replace Al Gore’s broken robot head with this one…..

the reactions seem about the same….

-Wasteland Man.

By: Blacklake

Blacklake — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:58:53 +0000

All it needs now is some hands so it can applaud while watching “The View.”

By: Right Angles » Blog Archive » We’re all the MSM’s robots

Right Angles » Blog Archive » We’re all the MSM’s robots — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:55:28 +0000

[...] The Japanese have developed a robot head that reacts with facial expressions when it hears words from a database. Of course, the programmers teach the robot how to react and what facial expressions are appropriate. For example, when they type in the word “President” the robot head grimaces in fear and panic because, as the programmer explains, it has been taught to associate that with the words “Bush,” “Iraq” and “war.” Sort of the like the mainstream media tries to teach us all, with some success I might add, to react with grimaces and fear when we hear and read certain words. [...]

By: dead-duck

dead-duck — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:53:28 +0000

Booooooooooooooosh!

By: Limerick

Limerick — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:53:27 +0000

Just how long now before Smith & Wesson and Remington start marketing the ‘EMP Equalizer’? I’d buy one right now!

By: heatherrc77

heatherrc77 — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:37:57 +0000

As it is, if they intend on putting this thing as a companion to the elderly in nursing homes, I’m going to go buy stock in whatever company manufactures restaints, tasers, and thorazine.

see-dubya on June 5, 2007 at 4:34 PM

I’d be out of my Grandmas will for sure, and for good reason.

And I thought clowns were creepy…

By: see-dubya

see-dubya — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:34:54 +0000

If it blinked, I’d say we had an explanation for Nancy Pelosi.

As it is, if they intend on putting this thing as a companion to the elderly in nursing homes, I’m going to go buy stock in whatever company manufactures restaints, tasers, and thorazine.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:32:16 +0000

I wonder how it reacts to the immigration bill.