MetaChat - Entering "Love Mode".

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21 June 2008

Entering "Love Mode". "She's very lovable and though she's not a human, she can act like a real girlfriend."→[More:]Oh, yes. I'm sure they know what "real girlfriends" are like...

post by: DarkForest at: 18:40 | 5 comments

"I said 'a fifteen-inch pianist'!"

But seriously, folks!

I can't explain why the notion of a fifteen-inch-high, face-activated kissing fembot bothers me so much, but it might be exacerbated by the notion that indiscriminate, non-sentient kissing = "Love Mode."

posted by Elsa 21 June | 20:14

The thing is, Japan knows this will sell like hotcakes in China, where there's a severe female shortage brewing.

posted by stilicho 22 June | 00:08

Yes, but this gives me some hope that singularity might be not merely unfathomable, but unfathomably sexy.

posted by treepour 22 June | 01:52

A creature with no soul and a plastic wardrobe who gives out business cards and kisses anyone that gets near enough? Hey, cool! It's a Hollywood-Producer-Bot!

posted by taz 22 June | 02:05

Some pics here. Less creepy than I expected.

posted by TheophileEscargot 22 June | 02:07

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