Robopocalypse: Replieeeeeeeeee!
Japan has always led the way when it comes to building robots which seem to have no other purpose other than to creep everyone out. Isn’t that Asimov’s third law of Robotics?
- A robot may not injure a human being, unless of course that human being touches the robot’s breasts.
- A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except when human beings try to make robots have sex with them.
- A robot must be creepy.
For example, take the latest android to come out of Japan. The robot’s name is Repliee R-1, and was created by the f’d up maniacs over at Osaka University.
If I ever came across a Repliee R-1 I would probably bash that thing’s head in with a sledgehammer. Now, I realize that the engineers at Osaka University spent years working on this abomination, but every fiber of my being is calling out for it to be destroyed. Just the fact that Repliee is probably sitting alone in a dark lab room right now (with maybe her right eye twitching every few minutes) is enough to make me want to crawl into a corner with my teddy bear and cry for mommy.
What does Repliee have to do with the impending Robopocalypse? She doesn’t have laser beams coming out of her eyes or anything like that. She’s just a little 5 year-old girl. What harm could she possibly do to us big strong humans?
The truth is I don’t know. All I know is that something deep inside me tells me that things like dolls and little girl robots are inherently evil. Don’t believe me? Watch the following video.
It’s a little long, but as I watched it (paralyzed with fear) I found myself looking around the room for the nearest blunt instrument, just in case.
(via Gizmodo)
