Aiko the fembot
All right, this is creepy. From The Sun, today…
A Boffin too busy to find real love has invented his idea of the perfect woman – a female robot.
Inventor Le Trung, 33, created Aiko, said to be “in her 20s” with a stunning 32, 23, 33 figure, shiny hair and delicate features.
She even remembers his favourite drink and does simple cleaning and household tasks.
“Fem-bot” Aiko, who has cost £14,000 to build so far, is a whizz at maths and even does Le’s accounts.
Le, a scientific genius from Brampton in Ontario, Canada, said he never had time to find a real partner so he designed one using the latest technology.
He said he did not build Aiko as a sexual partner, but said she could be tweaked to become one.
Read the rest of the article below. Here’s a video included with the article:
It’s interesting what Le programmed her to say and do, a glimpse into the male mind?
As an aside, if we define marriage as between any other than a man and woman, saying “I do” to the perfect partner, a fembot, will come next, and no one will be able to to stop it.
As another side, I was amazed at what Le was able to build in to this fembot. It’s not hard to imagine artificial uteruses.
[HT: Drudge]
Article continued…
“Her software could be redesigned to simulate her having an orgasm and reacting to touch as if she is playing hard to get or being straight to the point,” he said.
The former software programmer has taken out credit cards and loans, sold his car and spent his life savings on perfecting the machine.
“I want to make her look, feel and act as human as possible so she can be the perfect companion,” said Le.
The odd looking pair go out for drives together in the Canadian countryside, before sitting down at the dinner table, but Aiko never eats anything.
Le said: “So far she can understand and speak 13,000 different sentences in English and Japanese, so she’s already fairly intelligent.
“When I need to do my accounts, Aiko does all the maths. She is very patient and never complains.”
The fem-bot has a touch-sensitive face and body so she reacts if shown affection or hurt.
“Like a real female she will react to being touched in certain ways. If you grab or squeeze too hard she will try to slap you. She has all senses except for smell,” he said.
Le, a child genius who was put in a class for talented youngsters, made his first robot when he was just eight years old.
He began work on Aiko two years ago in the home he shares with his brother.
But the stress of working on such a difficult project became too much for Le and he suffered a mild heart attack in November last year.
“It was shocking to have a heart attack at the age of 33,” he admits. “But the doctors said I’d been doing too much.
“I may need to have Aiko look after me one day.
“She doesn’t need holidays, food or rest and she will work almost 24-hours a day. She is the perfect woman,” he said.
“People have mixed reactions when they meet Aiko,” he said.
“They either love or hate her. Some people get angry and accuse me of playing God. Once someone threw a rock at Aiko. That really upset me.
“But many people are fascinated by her.
“Women are generally impressed and try to talk to her. But the men always want to touch her, and if they do it in the wrong way they get a slap.”
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
I think I’d rather we just go back to talking about Rod Blagojevich.
I haven’t had a chance to watch the entire video but this is very creepy to me.
It seems to me that our view of femininity is becoming more and more distorted.
We have entire cultures who do not want to give birth to girl babies. Then we have other cultures who can’t be bothered to go out and court a woman but are now designing robots for their own needs.
We have other cultures who don’t want to have babies at all and stifle a woman’s fertility.
Even her body stats are weird. I’m mean I’m petite but I don’t have those body measurements!
Joe: are you up for reruns of the bionic woman?!!
Coooooooool.
Movie – Lars and the Real Girl.
Brought to life… sad.
Reminds me of the Pygmalion and Galatea story in Greek Mythology…only this time, the creation does not come to life.
Hmmm…creepy, very creepy and very disturbing indeed…like Frankenstein’s monster but more pleasing to the eye…
Actually the “Lars and the Real Girl” movie was made outside Toronto and I’m beginning to think that this guy served as the inspiration!
“As an aside, if we define marriage as between any other than a man and woman, saying “I do” to the perfect partner, a fembot, will come next, and no one will be able to to stop it.”
1. sure we could stop it. It’s not a person.
2. why would we want to? Who would care?
“I’m mean I’m petite but I don’t have those body measurements!
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Patricia..I believe those are for female Japanese/ Asian measurements…
1. sure we could stop it. It’s not a person.
2. why would we want to? Who would care?
Posted by: Hal at December 10, 2008 1:50 PM
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Typically insensitive Hal – you’re insulting Aiko.
Small spoilers —
Chris, have you ever seen Lars and the Real Girl? It’s actually a very sweet movie, about a guy who is so introverted and shy that he needs a “practice” friend to help him learn how to have real friends, and a town full of people who love him enough to help him learn whatever he needs to learn. Lars doesn’t replace women with his doll; he uses her to build up the confidence and knowledge he needs to develop normal human relationships.
I think one of the best scenes is when Lars and his “girlfriend” have a fight because she’s so busy doing other things — she has a “job,” as a mannequin in a store window, etc — and he has to realize that no one, man or woman, will ever do everything you want them to. And that you wouldn’t want someone to live for you like that, anyway.
I just thought that by the way you were talking about the movie you might not have actually seen it. If you’re trying to say that this guy who made the robot is similarly incapable of human interaction, the way Lars was in the beginning of the movie, then I disagree. I think this guy created a robot to perform duties only a robot could — being available and willing to work almost 24 hours a day without a break, doing your accounts, etc. Lars’ doll taught him that no one is perfect and that that’s okay; this robot is designed to be perfect, basically. It’s sad, but in a different and less human way than Lars was sad — it’s sad because of expectations, not because of insecurities. At least to me.
I loved Lars and the Real Girl. I cried when his doll ‘died’!
Le, a scientific genius from Brampton in Ontario, Canada, said he never had time to find a real partner so he designed one using the latest technology.
yeah, but he did have THE time to build one. How stupid an excuse is that?
I loved Lars and the Real Girl too! OMG It’s the sweetest movie and shows how something a little odd can bring out the very best in people.
Patricia..I believe those are for female Japanese/ Asian measurements…
Yeah, while Asian women tend to be smaller-framed, it’s pretty silly to compare measurements. Some people are just smaller, like in the frame size of their body, so what is normal for them is very small for others. Those actually aren’t far off my measurements. Anyway I don’t even look particularly slim, it’s just because I’m small all around. Five feet tall, size 6 feet, the whole shebang. Most people are shocked to hear that I often wear kids’ clothes, because I don’t look noticeably thin. Just “small” in general.
It sucks to see your almost-identical body stats described as “weird,” especially as someone who took wasn’t comfortable with her body for a long time. It’s really amazing how different people’s bodies are. I actually find it wonderful. I mean how my lilliputian body is healthy and how someone else’s totally different body is also healthy. It’s so amazing how different we all are.
Anyway. It’s a slow day for me, sorry to clog up the blog.
she sounds like the perfect little 50’s housewife
patricia, I tower over you!
Chris: the “Lars and the Real Girl” movie was made outside Toronto
But still not in the Ontario Bible Belt, was it?
heeheehee…. actualy some of it was filmed just inside the ONTARIO BIBLE BELT Doug! (In fact. waching the movie, I noticed it had a very Ontario look to it and had checked that out. I was right! Not bad for a girl who doesn’t know anything about Ontario, eh?)
Posted by: Alexandra at December 10, 2008 2:58 PM
I have seen the movie – you’re right – it’s very nice. It has a cute quirkiness (I mean that in a nice way), but really shows that caring about people, showing real love, is what really matters.
The point of the movie is dealing with delusions, and in this regard I think there is an intersection, but not of the same nature. I agree with you regarding expectations vs exceptions – but I think you’re jumping to conclusions about what I was saying – I was merely pointing out simple similarities and coincidence: they both are outside Toronto. Like I said – I wonder if he served as inspiration.
There’s a whole other level of objectification of humanity going on with the robot thing; this is really disturbing. I think women should be concerned, but I’m not really expecting them to be. Photoshop perfectionism and now robotic perfectionism sets an unrealistic bar for relationships already. Superficially, real women can’t compete with edited porn stars and I would imagine, when a “woman” is programmable, there’s the unrealistic demand for even greater perfection. It’s an “edited” experience.
Quite sad.
Maybe like Lars, he has difficulty socializing. Myabe like Lars, his fembot will be a bridge to real relationships. Wouldn’t that be sweet? Life imitating art!
Chris, you may be way off. Maybe he’s more like Lars than you think.
The guy making the robot is like Revenge of the Nerds
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2008/03/21/5066756-sun.html
As many Londoners pause for the holiest of Christian traditions today — Good Friday — The Free Press launches a series examining the staggering changes taking place in religion in Ontario’s Bible belt. The changes are nothing short of a revolution.
Yeh, I already showed that article to Patricia, Doug. Her reply was that the London Free Press writer just coined the ON Bible Belt expression himself for purposes of the article and that in reality no one in Ontario uses it, or if they once did , no one refers to it as such anymore. Right…. But never mind…. now she says it really is a correct term, but is only used by “liberal Torontonians”.
Though I’m not a Torontonian.
patricia, I tower over you!
Posted by: asitis at December 10, 2008 4:02 PM
oh asitis, if you only knew what you just wrote….hehe (there are other ways to be a “giant”)
Alexandra: when I was in my 20’s I was 5′ tall and 88 lbs. I was in a male dominated profession but got along just fine.
I just thought it was weird that he chose those measurements for his “doll”.
I think though as someone pointed out it is the Asian male mindset. (Maybe this is why so many Asian men hit on me! urrrrghhh)
I’m willing to bet an American male would have chosen completely different body measurements….
V: you must remember Doug is a middle-aged man going through andropause – he can’t remember just what he’s seen.
And both of my posts are correct. It is a Torontonian term – I lived in London for a few years – never heard the term and I have relatives and friends from this area – they’ve never heard the term used either! So I guess you and Doug are the maybe a bit (just a bit!!) fixated – but that’s ok.
your obsessive compulsive problems are rather amusing…
Oh Alexandra: your first paragraph provides a very astute observation about petite women: that of proportion.
I have a girlfriend who is always sticking up for me telling my other friends that I am actually nicely proportioned – just smaller that’s all. (good friend that woman!!)
Lucky you to have a size 6 foot. I am size 5. Try getting that in a hiking boot or a steel-toed workboot!
I’m really not surprised.
Japanese men may have “live dolls” – a full-size, female doll to substitute for a girlfriend. Youtube it. There was a man who had 150+ of these dolls in his small apartment that he came home to.
That’s some really really cool programming though. I laughed when he said “lick my feet” and Aiko said, “No, I will not lick your feet, I am not your personal slave”.
See, to me this is sort of “uncanny valley”. It looks both real and robotic which is just creepy.
Actually it reminds me of a weird movie I watched a while ago. I can’t think of the name of it but basically it was a series of vignettes about robots. One of them had a robotic woman who performed secretarial functions.
Haha…chosen American male fembot stats: 50, 20, 30!!! Perfect! Just like Barbie!
Stephanie: I think the dimensions of the Barbie doll are different in Japan. Probably more like the dimensions this man has for Aiko
Patricia: you must remember Doug is a middle-aged man going through andropause – he can’t remember just what he’s seen.
Oh please, you were just wrong and now you don’t like it.
I worked in Canada from 1986 to 1994 and heard the term several times during those years.
From CTV:
http://tinyurl.com/5bbsz6
Updated Thu. Jun. 17 2004 11:29 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
An Ontario Liberal MP has broken party ranks and spoken up in favour of traditional marriage with a full-page newspaper ad in his riding.
“If you don’t stand up for what you believe, what good are you,” said John O’Reilly, the incumbent in the central Ontario riding of Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock.
The riding is two-and-a-half times larger than Prince Edward Island and is considered to be heart of Ontario’s bible belt.
I think though as someone pointed out it is the Asian male mindset. (Maybe this is why so many Asian men hit on me! urrrrghhh)
I’m willing to bet an American male would have chosen completely different body measurements….
Patricia, I think you are absolutely right on this. I think there is a mystique, for lack of a better word, for a “child-like body” among many Asian males, but I may be generalizing too much there.
On the American male choosing the measurments, did you ever see Weird Science?
oh but that’s not London Doug dear. And I already gvave you that link myself. lol
good grief, don’t you read man…
have a nice evening… I have a life to attend to…
I was thinking Weird Science too Doug when talked turned to American male fantasies. Much different than the Asian “little girl” version.
Maybe we should leave Pat alone . She’s not taking the Ontario Bible Belt ribbing very well. Some people just can’t laugh at themselves I guess. Funny how that was my introduction to her – she actually did called me an idiot because she said no such belt existed and was so sure I wasn’t even from Ontario. I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who, even when they are clearly wrong, will keep swinging so instead of just saying sorry. Not very big of her!
asitis at December 10, 2008 4:40 PM
1. I don’t have the time to do a psych analysis of Le
2. Lars is a fictional movie – not real life. Le is real. Aiko is real. (okay a real robot)
3. Key point – editing. Lars bought his friend, so his narrative was in his mind (and given the basis of his mom etc. there was something really tragic there). Le is the creator, but we don’t know his circumstances.
If the issue you’re focusing on is control – skip it, because I’ll bring it right back around to abortion, and why you fundamentally believe that discriminating against human beings provides some basis for killing them.
In this regard, I believe abortion-choicers are delusional about humanity, making other human beings something other than what they are – in this case non-real, and killable.
OMG Chris, you are one angry man, aren’t you? All I ams aying is nothing more than Lars and the Real Girl was a really good movie and had a touching message about how good and kind humans can be. And there are some parrallels here in this real-life situation. No, we don’t know his full story, but it appears that he could very well have trouble socially. Why do tyou have to turn it into something ugly and evil? Makes me wonder about you.
My oh my…. wonder what’s next! Far better to be single, even if lonely at times, than have a robot to “love” you.
God could have created us this way, but he wanted us to have free choice. Free choice to love him, and to love others.
“(Maybe this is why so many Asian men hit on me! urrrrghhh)”
What was that supposed to mean Patricia? Oh it’s sooo horrible an Asian man would think he had a chance to talk to a beautiful white woman like you.
Jess: I’m not attracted to Asian men. I have nothing against them personally. It’s simply a matter of taste. But Asian men seem to like me alot! Does this make me a bad person? I don’t think so. I’m not mean to them – I just turn them down, that’s all in a polite gentle way.
Virginia: maybe you are just too big for your own good – can you get your big fat ego through the door, I wonder?
Posted by: asitis at December 10, 2008 5:47 PM
Sorry – looks like I was picking a fight, and you really said nothing to instigate it.
I do have a righteous anger, and elements within this story bring it out, but I’m sorry I lashed out at you like that. Please forgive me.
“I’m not attracted to Asian men. I have nothing against them personally. It’s simply a matter of taste.”
I think you have been brainwashed by the media into thinking Asian men are weak losers who don’t get western culture and can’t function socially. So are you saying if a really nice man who cared for you a lot and shared your life goals was Asian you wouldn’t give him a second chance? Do you base who your friends are on looks?
I think you have been brainwashed by the media into thinking Asian men are weak losers who don’t get western culture and can’t function socially. So are you saying if a really nice man who cared for you a lot and shared your life goals was Asian you wouldn’t give him a second chance? Do you base who your friends are on looks?
Posted by: Jess at December 10, 2008 8:28 PM
well thank you for thinking FOR me Jess and psycho-analyzing a simple preference.
Do you like strawberry ice cream? If you don’t maybe you are brainwashed by the commercials you see on TV for chocolate ice cream. Sheesh!
I have worked with Asian men and they are wonderful people, very kind and thoughtful men. But I do not find myself physically attracted to them. Attraction is many things combined.
Jess looks for arguments a little too often.
Jess: a question – how tall are you?
What about Asian men is so unattractive for you Patricia?
And why do you want to know how tall I am? If I’m too tall or too short will you stop reading my posts?
“Do you like strawberry ice cream?”
I enjoy each flavor in its own special way.
tell me your height Jess. that’s all I want to know.
I enjoy each flavor in its own special way.
Posted by: Jess at December 10, 2008 9:01 PM
so you are telling me that you like EVERY flavour of ice cream. Really? You are quite an amazing woman Jess. Imagine that – no special preferences for anything. hmmmmmm
I’m amazed at what this robot is capable of doing. You can just show it a piece of paper with an equation on it, tell it to solve it, and it does it. You can show it a glass of orange juice, asking it when it is, and it’ll tell you “looks like orange juice”. That is truly incredible.
But unfortunately this man seems to think that his robot can be a substitute for a human being.
Jess’s favorite ice cream flavor is “hamburger”.
To Patricia @ 8:05pm ….. Not big Pat ,but very tall. A tall ego? Hmmm…. perhaps there is such a thing!
To Chris @ 8:12pm You are a good man afterall! Thanks!Very nicely said.
Ah… *sigh* Maybe if John had a human girlfriend he would leave those poor cows alone. That’s why he wants them dead, to hide the evidence. : (
so Jess would you date a man who was 5′ 1″?
Jess, did I strike a nerve? Wow! Hahaha!
“so Jess would you date a man who was 5′ 1″?”
Only if he smelled of hamburger.
Hey, I just noticed something in the first sentence of the article: he is referred to as a “boffin”. What’s a boffin you ask? It’s a nerdy scientist or engineer known for their social ineptitude. It’s not just lack of time that stands before our lonely Le, but also an inability to engage in small talk and deliver killer pick-up lines. Poor guy. Maybe they’ll make a sci-fi sequel to Lars called Le and the Robot Girl.
Jess, you sound way taller than you are!
Uh… hamburgers go in your mouth. Don’t know what YOU do with them, Jess.
Don’t play dumb John, we both know what you do.
What do I do with hamburgers? Give them a proper burial. They’re with Jesus now (and no he is NOT eating them).
I often wear high heels asitis.
I think though as someone pointed out it is the Asian male mindset. (Maybe this is why so many Asian men hit on me! urrrrghhh)
Ha, I actually work both in a male-dominated profession and, currently, with an almost exclusively Asian company. I mean Asian as in, they were born in Korea and came here between six and twenty months ago — not Americans of Asian descent. While their standards for “thin” are different than American men, and more strict, I actually find them oddly more willing to admit that a wider range of women are beautiful.
Like, they have repeatedly told me that I am not pretty. But that I am cute. They have said of another woman I know that she is beautiful, but fat. etc. They seem to have much less “blending” of adjectives of attraction than we do — ie, we often use “beautiful” and “thin” synonymously, even if subconsciously. And we almost always interchange “pretty” and “cute.” If a guy says, “She’s cute,” it usually means he finds a girl pretty. And so forth. Whereas the Koreans I know have very definite, and very different, ideas of cute and pretty and hot and sexy and thin, etc. I can’t speak for all Asian cultures, or even all Korean people (obviously) but the ones I know seem both more likely to point out a person’s flaws and less likely to pad the truth with the “most desirable” adjective, and simultaneously less likely to find it as important as American men (my age) often do. They’ll be like, “Oh, Alexandra! You look terrible today!” and yet still ask me where to meet girls like myself. I constantly have to teach them euphemisms like “You look tired” or “You look sick,” etc (if you really must comment negatively at all), and they often struggle to understand why it’s considered rude in American culture to use the most descriptive adjective. It’s actually really interesting.
Of course some of it is just translation issues, which fluent English speakers would not have. Something about Korean seems to make it difficult to attach judgment to ‘opinion’ words, somehow. Like my co-workers were surprised to learn that “You look bad” means roughly the same thing as “You look ugly.” They thought it was more along the lines of, “You look like you feel bad.”
My boss was once telling me about his wife and he said, “She is beautiful. Since she had my daughter she is very fat.” Not like she was beautiful BECAUSE she was fat, or like she was beautiful DESPITE being fat. Just like they were two facts in his mind. Of course, she’s probably not fat by American standards, which makes it all just kind of confusing to think about. Is it more judgmental, or less judgmental?
Well, they look good on you then Jess!
Jesus prefers fish, but he’ll eat a good fattened calf every now and then.
Jess, did you put little grave markers up for the hamburgers? Like, “Here lies Bossy – Moooo, girl, Moooo!”? And how deep do you dig the burial holes? Do you super-size them?
I think it’s a sad thing. The guy’s always been super-smart, probably “different” from other people because of that, and I bet asitis is right – that he’s had a lot of trouble socializing. So it’s a huge effort to compensate.
“if John had a human girlfriend”
Posted by: Jess at December 10, 2008 9:30 PM
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LOL, Jess, he’d be a lot more cheerful, that’s for sure!
Obviously I put little markers up John. Duh. And yes they all have names. I super size the graves if its a super sized burger.
John is it really true you;]’ve never had a girlfriend?
Jess, are the grave markers made out of french fries? Plus for a casket you could use the little box that a Big Mac comes in.
No the grave markers are made with popsicle sticks, french fries wouldn’t last very long (duh, again). And yes it’s convenient hamburgers come in their own little coffins.
Jess, is a dog bad if he digs up the burger and eats it? How about if a rat digs up the burger and eats it, and then it killed and eaten by a cat? Do you have a Veggie Pope to defer to on questions of vegan morality?
I’ve wondered if John ever had a girlfriend too.
Wow John you really do live in your own little world, don’t you? The Veggie Pope is the head of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, and she looks a lot better in a dress then the Catholic Pope.
I’m also thinking he hasn’t Heather………..
Well played, Jess. I think I’ve run out of crazy things to post. You win this round!
You can’t out-crazy me John.
I may not be a fan of John,a nd he not of me, but I do find this particular exchange funny between him and Jess today. No offense meant to anyone, I did chuckle a bit at it, and then people asking whether he has had human relationships. Don’t worry John, I might never get married, so I take the opportunity to accomplish other stuff, and I think Amy Sedaris is my hero. So, good luck in all your ventures, spousal or not.
I’m sorry I am on my sleepy meds right now and if I odn’t make sense I hope everyone can forgive me.
You know what’s not funny PIP? Dead cows : (
Man, I’m feeling hungry for some dead cows for some reason…
Posted by: Alexandra at December 10, 2008 9:45 PM
Cultural markers. If the word is not understood within the proper context, it’s not properly understood. (That’s saying – there was information passed, but real communication may not have occurred).
Well yeah. What I’m saying is that at least some of the “Asian men have unrealistic expectations” stereotype may just be due to cultural misunderstandings of the judgment attached to words we often interpret to be “judgmental.”
Is it more (and more incorrectly) judgmental to call a healthy woman fat, or to believe that a fat woman cannot be beautiful? I find the whole thing so interesting.
Posted by: John Lewandowski at December 10, 2008 10:14 PM
Posted by: Jess at December 10, 2008 10:15 PM
You two are hilarious!
I agree with PIP – that was a very funny exchange, and it was great to have a nice laugh first thing in the morning.
Posted by: Jess at December 11, 2008 1:16 AM
Jess – we don’t find dead babies funny either. :-(
Posted by: Alexandra at December 11, 2008 6:36 AM
Younger men tend to be superficial and look at the physical body, and make judgements on that.
Older men tend to judge beauty more based on a woman’s character, and accept variations on bodies as perfectly natural.
From a health standpoint, a wonderful friend has made great strides in losing weight, almost to the point you wouldn’t know it was the same person. I’ve always found her to be beautiful in spirit – always with a great smile, always cheerful, etc. so now with the weight loss, she is able to keep up with her active children and is much more involved in various activities than before.
Looking at others through various filters distorts who they are – being chaste is like removing the filters and seeing people completely.
Alexandra: very interesting indeed.
I think that it also not just looks but mannerisms too. And maybe I have a few oriental mannerisms as well!
When I was in high school, there were many students from Hong Kong, Sinapore and China. I was good friends with many of these students for years later. As a result, I was able to learn a little Mandarin and could write a bit of Chinese.
It was a close Chinese friend who helped me to finally master Calculus. Although I loved math, I wasn’t very good at it. I remember her moving from Gr. 13 math into 4th year math when she entered university. The university didn’t know what to do with her – they couldn’t put her into graduate level math – yet! Because of her generosity in teaching me math, I was able to do very well in my university maths.
good post Chris!
Younger men tend to be superficial and look at the physical body, and make judgements on that.
Older men tend to judge beauty more based on a woman’s character, and accept variations on bodies as perfectly natural.
Oh this is so very very true. Even my married male friends tell me this. A few of them have remarked that they are puzzled as to how they could have been so clueless when they were younger. Ah, the wisdom of age!!
Hey Patricia,
As a fellow member of the Tiny Feet Sisterhood, I recommend buying hiking boots in the boys’ department. I’ve never needed steel toed boots, though.
I guess that’s one thing to be grateful for my size 10’s for: If I ever need steel-toed boots I can shop in the big boys’ section!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXaBJ96X8Y4
Just a warning: the vid gets obscene in the last minute but the first bit’s pretty funny to watch.
I’m calling this man’s bluff. He says he didn’t have time to find a girlfriend, but he DID have time to invent a female robot!!! His statement is clearly a gimmick.
The sex industry will just love this one.
Its a known fact that in many Asian countries, for cultural reasons, males are preferred over females so that’s why so many baby girls are aborted. This may be one reason the guy can’t find a REAL woman, there aren’t enough females for the males.
Plus also(sorry too much Junie B. Jones)when you are only allowed one child, better make it a son.
TH I think you’re right about it’s not that he didn’t have the time. I think instead he didn’t have the social skills. Maybe this exposure will draw him out and he will find a real girl!
Would there be a market for robot hookers?
As an aside, if we define marriage as between any other than a man and woman, saying “I do” to the perfect partner, a fembot, will come next, and no one will be able to to stop it.
1. not true
2. who cares?
3. “The perfect partner?” More like the perfect toy/masturbatory aid for people with extremely poor social skills.
Several people on Slashdot are saying that some of the stuff in the video seems scripted — for example, on one of the questions Le stutters, but Aiko somehow manages to answer. So Aiko might not be much more than a sophisticated puppet. Not quite a hoax (it’s definitely real), but it’s an exaggeration of its abilities.
So I’m not terribly worried about robot marriage. I do feel sorry for Le, though — not the best outlet for his emotional needs.
Hey Patricia,
As a fellow member of the Tiny Feet Sisterhood, I recommend buying hiking boots in the boys’ department. I’ve never needed steel toed boots, though.
Posted by: Wichita Linewoman at December 11, 2008 7:56 AM
thank-you Wichita Linewoman! I think I may have tried this route already.
Asian women are awesome.
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with a diet I developed!
I would love it if you could stop by my weight loss blog and tell me what you think.
Warmest wishes,
-Joan
It’s obvious Trung Le took his idea and the design for Aiko from my book, Love’s Reflection, which was published earlier this year. My robot, Alpha, is even more intelligent and talented than Aiko, and a lot better looking. She, Alpha, is fully capable of passing the Turing Test.
I may have to sue the guy for infringing my copyright.
Carol North
carolnorth[dot]com