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Robot Love Goes Bad
hundredrabh writes "Ever had a super needy girlfriend that demanded all your love and attention and would freak whenever you would leave her alone? Irritating, right? Now imagine the same situation, only with an asexual third-generation humanoid robot with 100kg arms. Such was the torture subjected upon Japanese researchers recently when their most advanced robot, capable of simulating human emotions, ditched its puppy love programming and switched over into stalker mode. Eventually the researchers had to decommission the robot, with a hope of bringing it back to life again."
"...their most advanced robot, capable of simulating human emotions..."
Arthur- "Sounds ghastly!"
Marvin- "It is. It all is. Absolutely ghastly."
Hans Reiser begs to differ.
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The robot then escaped captivity, broke into a local mechanic's garage and consumed half a 55-gallon drum of waste oil. It was later seen on the other side of town, tottering into a closed department store. Authorities found the automaton in the housewares section, laying on the floor in an Abort/Retry/Fail loop and trying to fuck a toaster. Lifetime has picked up the rights to the TV movie adaptation. The robot will be played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, while the toaster will be voiced by Rosie Perez.
-=Bang Bang=-
All we need now is teach the robot how to deal with rejection ;)
I don't need a robot to deal with my erection. I can handle that myself.
What? Rejection? Are you sure?
*squints at screen*
Sorry. My eyesight isn't what it used to be. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go shave my palms.
Ever had a super needy girlfriend...
Right there, first sentence, I was lost. Girlfriend? Huh?
This is slashdot, right? Oh look, shiny robot. Neat!
"Kittens give Morbo gas!"
What are you talking about? It sent out literally MILLIONS of emails all saying "I LOVE YOU" and how many replies did it get? HUH?
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