You might remember, in the late 90s slash early 2000s, when everyone was trying to make robot dogs happen. Starting in 1999, Sony began releasing their robot dog the “Aibo,” with new models coming out until 2006, when the robot dog market was flooded with cheap copycat toys like “Poo-Chi” and “Tekno.” The robot dog…
Shouting out commands to Alexa, Siri, or your quasi-sentient-personal-assistant of choice seems mostly (mostly?) harmless, but watch out: You might fuck up your kid!
To all the simple and naive individuals who thought that Amazon’s Alexa was essentially your property, your loyal lackey who will stand by your side no matter how much verbal abuse she receives, no matter how many times you shout toward her, “ALEXA, GOOGLE JOANNA ROTHKOPF. ALEXA, DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM. ALEXA, FUCK…
If you’re looking for signs that the promised dystopian future is quickly becoming the dystopian now, one iceberg-sized clue is that the sex partners of tomorrow will be lifelike sex robots, designed to spice up your withering marriage or simply just to help you get off. And while there are pressing issues surrounding …
Sexbots are going to single-animatronic-handedly save the institution of marriage, according to economics professor Marina Adshade. In an interview with The Star Vancouver, Adshade speculated that instead of replacing marriage, robots will “complement” it by basically acting as humanoid side pieces.
Technology has moved at such a pace that there’s no telling when a robot dog with a window for a face might run up on you, probe your soul with its mechanical eyes, and then skip away as if nothing ever happened.
Sophia, an undeniably creepy humanoid robot, has just been named a citizen in Saudi Arabia.
A Japanese company called Yukai Engineering has just unveiled a new product called “Qoobo,” a headless, legless robotic cat pillow that wags.
Since opening its doors in 1977, children’s pizzeria and arcade Chuck E. Cheese has steadily employed a group of hard working robot musicians as the house band. But that era—a time when an animatronic dinosaur keyboardist or chicken backup singer could find gainful work in an American restaurant chain—might soon come…
Here’s a good long look at the sex dolls of the future, which are technically Real Dolls with AI that can’t walk, but can talk, learn new information and will never, ever say no.
During the Glasgow leg of his Purpose tour on Saturday night, Justin Bieber addressed a widely held theory that’s been consuming many of us ever since he released his beautiful single “Baby” years ago—the theory that he may in fact be a robot.
The future is here, folks, and it is this da Vinci robot that has just been cleared to make the unpleasant task of gynecological procedures a whole lot better.
Watching HBO’s Westworld, I often find myself juggling two conflicting thoughts: First, what does it mean—both for the human race and those unfortunate enough to come into contact with it—that people feel most truly themselves when at their most debauched and violent? And second, is there a historical theme park where…
Who among us knew that Wall-E, the lost puppy of robots, foreshadowed our emotional dependence on wire and metal? As the line distinguishing human from robot shifts and blurs, it turns out that those of us with flesh and blood may no longer reserve our empathy for other humans. A recent study published in Scientific…
A little girl from the town Timmins, Ontario with the cool name of Cash Cayen was stoked to see a summer robotics program being offered at her local library. The library’s assistant director refused her registration, saying that only boys were allowed to participate. The reason being that “boys’ academic and literacy…
It's the most adorable time of the year: the White House Science Fair, when the nation gets to watch President Obama interact with charming, science-minded children.
"Aww thanks Mom for all the words of encouragement," wrote Reese Witherspoon on Instagram the day after she did not win a Golden Globe for her role in Wild. Inquiring minds would like to know: Is Reese Witherspoon's mother just in the stage of excessive excitement after recently discovering emojis or is she actually a…
