Yesterday’s Washington Post ran an article that I found interesting on the rapid acceptance of the humanoid robot in Japan. As I’m in the middle of a little project right now, I don’t have a lot of time to wax paranoid, but here’s a clip:
Though perhaps years away in the United States, this long-awaited, as-seen-on-TV world — think “The Jetsons” or “Blade Runner” — is already unfolding in Japan, with robots now used as receptionists, night watchmen, hospital workers, guides, pets and more. The onslaught of new robots led the government last month to establish a committee to draw up safety guidelines for the keeping of robots in homes and offices. Officials compiled a report in January predicting that every household in Japan will own at least one robot by 2015, perhaps sooner.
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I comfortable enough in my humanness to be OK with this. But Imagine people like my dad who still call Hondas “Furrin jobbies”
And, knowing the Japanese, there has to be some kind of sexual component.
Not to mention its ability to dispense soy sauce from its head AND convince your cat to finally off itself.