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[–] [email protected] 148 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you count anything with a battery/plug as a robot that may not be too far fetched.

[–] [email protected] 114 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

By that definition, I would say they reached that milestone quite a while ago.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago

Grandpa with a pace-maker is gonna be happy!

[–] [email protected] 83 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

But how often do men have sex with robots? I didn't even know we were competing...

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 weeks ago

There is no competition, but a shitty tabloid’s gotta make money somehow

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I suppose vibrators are just a very minimalistic robot. Recon women are in the lead of this competition.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

this comment is going to live somewhere in my head for a while i can already tell

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah cool it totally lives in my head too, which is at the top of my normal human body where I keep my thoughts like normal human people do

[–] [email protected] 57 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

For people not from the UK: The Sun is a bad joke of a publication. I would recommend reading some of their articles if you're in the mood for a good laugh....but I don't really want them to get the clicks.

Now for the sad part: this is one of the most widely circulated news publications in the UK and people seem to read it seriously.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

We've got plenty of Murdoch Press in the States. You don't have to explain what a shitty right-wing tabloid is.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If "Robot" includes vibrators of all variations this might already be true

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Does that mean my girlfriend is a robot?

[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

has she ever harmed a human being, or let a human being become harmed due to inaction?

does she obey orders given by humans that do not lead to humans getting harmed?

does she protect her own existence, unless it would cause harm to human beings?

if you answered "yes" to all of the above, she seems to follows asimovs laws of robotics and thus might be a robot, if you answered "no" to any of the questions:

do you really think companies would put safety meassures into products unless they are forced to?!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago

Also the 3 laws were specifically designed to have lots of loopholes, otherwise the stories wouldn't exist

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Just test whether she can harm someone by finding someone who will anger her to such an extent that she will hit them, proving she is no robot.

Small edit because I realized it's not exactly obvious:

This is a reference to a certain chapter in "I, Robot".

[–] Mouselemming 7 points 3 weeks ago

A sibling can probably do it easily.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well, she wouldn't harm me, she takes orders from me :3, and she does protect her own existence.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Throw her in a lake and see if she sinks. /$

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I already know she's a witch

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I can't blame them. Robots won't vote to legislate their fetuses.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Excited for automated Twitter handles to finally receive full enfranchisement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

robots also won't defend anyone's rights

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 weeks ago

It's the sun, they are a Murdoch tabloid famous for evading accountability for the shit they cause

One of the many reasons Liverpool is a great city is their unanimous rejection of the paper following the Hillsborough disaster. Reading the sun is a more serious crime than murder there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

That's the story of 2016.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well men stonk stank so any time by now.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Less than 48 hours to go before woman get to have sex with ROBOTS

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, if you count vibrators...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are there "AI" vibrators already?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

No one mentioned AI, and also I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

googles "how to become a robot" furiously

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

As luck would have it I’m selling Become robot in 28 days beginners guide for £29.95 plus Postage and Packaging.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Simple, use r9k

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

So after the 3...2...1... No more happy new year. It is fuckfest25. I m in plx

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Amazing!! My time to shine (my chrome plating)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I've been told I pass as chrome, but I feel like taking advantage of that this coming week would be ethically indefensible.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Data, you are fully functional, aren't you?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Futurama imagined old phone booths would be re-purposed into suicide booths but apparently other services could be offered while on lunch break.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

What's the next scare? FFS, people, relax.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Want some get some. I'm so tired from my 3 part time jobs I don't even have the energy to take on a 4th one... giving blowjobs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

The robot looks so bored, I feel it bro. We're just tools for some people.