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Erica, the creepy robot that is so life-like she appears to 'have a soul', will replace a [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^
| January 30, 2018
| Phoebe Weston
Posted on 01/30/2018 5:08:57 AM PST by C19fan
A creepy life-like robot called Erica is set to become a TV news anchor in Japan. The humanoid. which has one of the most advanced artificial speech systems in the world, will take up her new role in April. According to her creator Hiroshi Ishiguro, the droid is warm and caring, and may soon have an 'independent consciousness'.
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: robotics
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Should be in horrow movie not a tv presenter.
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:08:57 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Twenty bucks says her ‘independent consciousness’ will hold predictably left wing opinions.
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:11:39 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: C19fan
A creepy life-like robot called Erica is set to become a TV news anchor in Japan. Those multi-million dollar contracts for nitwits like Jim Acosta; those days are over.
To: C19fan
How is this different from Meygan Kelly?
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:17:17 AM PST
by
KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: Flick Lives
Yes. Every leftist network can have its very own ‘Jim Acosta’ and they won’t have to pay it a dime.
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:18:30 AM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: KC_Lion
How is this different from Meygan Kelly?
"...the droid is warm and caring"
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:19:35 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: KC_Lion
"How is this different from Meygan Kelly?"Because Meygan has already sold her soul.
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:20:52 AM PST
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: BenLurkin
Twenty bucks says her ‘independent consciousness’ will hold predictably left wing opinions. No bet. It takes far less programing to cover the 'thinking' involved in being a liberal...
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:21:00 AM PST
by
null and void
(The Martians fought global warming, all the plants died and the surface water froze solid...)
To: C19fan
Hey,baby, so you don’t come with a sexual harassment button?
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:21:49 AM PST
by
Dr. Ursus
To: C19fan
> the droid is warm and caring,
No. It doesn’t care whether you live or die.
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:22:02 AM PST
by
ArcadeQuarters
("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
To: null and void
almost 10 posts and no one has inquired if it is anatomically correct.
FR, you’ve fallen.
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:22:05 AM PST
by
T-Bone Texan
(Death To Traitors. I'll Bring The Rope.)
To: Dr. Sivana
This may be yet another step in the right direction, but I don’t see it.
There are some (very) lifelike droids, even if they don’t necessarily move. But I don’t get tricked at all by this one. Not even close.
Keep working on this. They’ll get there, but not yet.
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:22:21 AM PST
by
cba123
( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
To: C19fan
Not a very good robot. I remember PC software from 30 years ago that was just as good.
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:23:17 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: C19fan
Why go to all that effort for a robot newsreader when CGI is easier? Just make them all “Vactors.”
To: T-Bone Texan
She’s Japanese. Of course she’s anatomically correct.
But is it — or |?
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:26:07 AM PST
by
null and void
(The Martians fought global warming, all the plants died and the surface water froze solid...)
To: C19fan
To: BinaryBoy
IOW, no different from my ex...
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:26:38 AM PST
by
null and void
(The Martians fought global warming, all the plants died and the surface water froze solid...)
To: null and void
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:27:22 AM PST
by
Ambrosia
( Independents Rising! Southern born, lived many places; PA, NY, WV, NM, FL, SC)
To: BinaryBoy
> the droid is warm and caring,
No. It doesn’t care whether you live or die. So, it is a liberal then.
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:27:59 AM PST
by
L,TOWM
(Having fun in unapproved ways since 1962)
To: Ambrosia
In Other Words
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posted on
01/30/2018 5:28:30 AM PST
by
null and void
(The Martians fought global warming, all the plants died and the surface water froze solid...)
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