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Robot taught how to love goes insane, has to be 'put down'

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Kyoto, JP -3 March 2009- Staff. Researchers at Toshiba’s Akimu Robotic Research Institute were thrilled ten months ago when they successfully programmed Kenji, a third generation humanoid robot, to convincingly emulate certain human emotions. At the time, they even claimed that Kenji was capable of the robot equivalent of love. Now, however, they fear that his programming has taken an extreme turn for the worst.


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This can't be real, surely? Is it some sort of spoof, d'you think?
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Quick, someone! This is great story material!
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This is most excellent. Very soon science fact will be replacing science fiction.
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Clo wrote:Quick, someone! This is great story material!


Dibs!
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Sumi H. Inkblot wrote:
Clo wrote:Quick, someone! This is great story material!


Dibs!


Not if I copyright it first. xD
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The human race is messed up. xD
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Did no one learn from Terminator? Robots + Thinking = World - Us.




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Interesting...
This proves that robots definitely cannot replace humans.
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Frankenstein's monster much?
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I have full faith that we will one day live side by side with, and eventually love and be loved by, robots,” he said.


No. Eek. No. Save us all. :shock:
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If you are so desperate for love that you create a robot to love you, perhaps counseling is a good idea?
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Fake!

Don't take an unsourced article like this seriously. It is good story material, which is why Asimov et. al. have already done it hundreds of times ;)




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Well of course it's fake xD but still, I almost wouldn't be surprised if someone attempted it.

People are very strange creatures. *nods*
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Everyone here needs to brush up on their science fiction if they regarded this as anything but a cliched, overdone story concept.

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Nate wrote:Fake!

Don't take an unsourced article like this seriously. It is good story material, which is why Asimov et. al. have already done it hundreds of times ;)


Doesn't make it any less interesting to read. ^_^
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