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Sony's Robot Attends Pre-School

Posted by timothy on from the plenty-of-robots-went-to-school-with-me dept.

Darren writes "Sony's Qrio humanoid robot has been attending a Californian pre school to play with children under the age of 2 since March to test if robots can live harmoniously with humans. I wonder if the testing includes monitoring the 'nightmare status' of the pre-schoolers?"

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  1. sexual harrassment by form3hide · · Score: -1, Troll

    just wait until this thing goes after a kid in a sexual manner...

  2. A New Order by ChaosCube · · Score: 0, Troll

    I claim bigotry against all non-human, or non-dog entities. Any HUMAN can join my club. It will be fun. We'll march around in capes and hoods, goosestepping while peacefully protesting in the street. But so help me, if one of those robots makes a robot cat, I'm gonna flip out and start doing some pretty irrational stuff.

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  3. Re:Obligatory? Bring it on. by Rahga · · Score: 1, Troll

    I for one welcome our new "Dick and Jane"-reading overlords.

    We've already got one in the White House.

  4. Plastic Garbage. by bigbinc · · Score: -1, Troll

    Are you telling me this little plastic toy can play with kids. Is this a Sony advertising stunt or what. Yea, I want to play with the toy dildo-doll that can only move it's hands up and down and make beeping noises. Get bent. The AI in most games are far superior to dildo-tron over here. -10 for japanese toy maker sony.

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