Creepy Jap Robot Stalker Love...

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Robot Programmed to Love Goes too Far
March 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
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.

“Initially, we were thrilled to see a bit of our soul come alive in this so called ‘machine,’” said Dr. Akito Takahashi, the principal investigator on the project. “This was really the final step for us in one of the fundamentals of the singularity.”

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The trouble all started when a young female intern began to spend several hours each day with Kenji, testing his systems and loading new software routines. When it came time to leave one evening, however, Kenji refused to let her out of his lab enclosure and used his bulky mechanical body to block her exit and hug her repeatedly. The intern was only able to escape after she had frantically phoned two senior staff members to come and temporarily de-activate Kenji.

“Despite our initial enthusiasm, it has become clear that Kenji’s impulses and behavior are not entirely rational or genuine,” conceded Dr. Takahashi.

Ever since that incident, each time Kenji is re-activated, he instantaneously bonds with the first technician to meet his gaze and rushes to embrace them with his two 100kg hydraulic arms. It doesn’t help that Kenji uses only pre-recorded dog and cat noises to communicate and is able to vocalize his love through a 20 watt speaker in his chest.

Dr. Takahashi admits that they will more than likely have to decommission Kenji permanently, but he’s optimistic about one day succeeding where Kenji failed.

“This is only a minor setback. I have full faith that we will one day live side by side with, and eventually love and be loved by, robots,” he said.

What an effed up culture.

A whole research department designed to produce robots to "Love" because they are sick of dressing vacuum cleaners in Hentai school girl outfits. 

[jinxmchue]

Is this for real?

[DumbAss Tanker]

Damn.

Sounds like a few women I've known.

The robot, or the vacuum cleaner dressed as a hentai schoolgirl?

 

[Miss Mia]

[Sweet Dee]

Yep that pretty much sums it up!  Brilliant. 

[Mr Mannn]

Actually I support this. We need love-bots. Stepford wives. How else are the creepy guys of the earth ever going to get a girl?
The nerds just get rich and gals come to them.

The creepy guys, and the men in countries like China and the arab world (where you really don't want them to breed), all these lonely guys need a love bot who will put up with them.

[Mr Mannn]

[Miss Mia]

That's freaky. 

[Thor]