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That’s Not A Droid, That’s My Girlfriend

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One of his friends, Yutaka Masano, 37, feels the same about the possibility of losing his girlfriend, who is also the Kobayakawa
character. “I can’t imagine how I’d feel if I lost the data. My mind would go blank, I wouldn’t be able to think at all,” he says.

Both men, along with another friend, 39-year-old Nobuhito Sugiye, can articulate a philosophical basis for their
affection and their fear of loss. That is, for them these computer girls possess the same tamashii — spirits —
that devotees of Japanese animism, or Shinto, believe can inhabit all things, fromrocks and streams to humans.

“Everything is equal. We have no borders between robots and people,” Kozaki explains.

“In the foreign stories, robots are always the enemies. In Japan, they’re our friends.”

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Imagine putting a fully autonomous robot in a room with a frail elderly person: one misjudged move by the robot could cause
an injury. And how useful is a robot nurse that can’t recognise an important gesture like a wince, the pointing of a finger
or a wave for help? Assuming you can design a robot with these capabilities, once you put it in a room with dozens of
individuals, all darting in different directions and sending different cues, things get even more difficult.

http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/thats-not-a-droid-thats-my-girlfriend/560/index.html

F6, any suggested timeline on the robot takeover? I understand the logic of the rational just not as
convinced of the certainty you see. There would be a good science-fiction tale in your head i reckon.

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