They're Light Years Ahead Of Us In Ass Technology
Irradiated by LabRat
There’s really no way to set this up or lead in gently, so I’ll put it bluntly: it’s an emotional robotic ass. Its whole reason for existence is to be a butt that conveys emotions the user can perceive, although I think they have not entirely succeeded in this given that my ass does not vibrate when I’m scared or pulse when I’m happy. Or at least I’m pretty sure it doesn’t. I’ve never noticed anyone else’s ass do this either, although I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it in cartoons drawn by John Kricfalusi.
If I had to take a guess as to why someone has gone to the effort to create an interactive emotional mechanical ass, I’d speculate that gluteal muscles are a lot easier to simulate mechanically than the tiny muscles in the face responsible for expression, and thus it’s an easier target. This is pretty much just wild speculation, though, as the subtitles explaining the robot ass seem to take it as self-evident that users would want to interact with a buttbot and read its feelings. I still really, really want to read the grant proposal for that, though.
Question as posed by the subtitles: “And second is to raise the argument as to what perceptions will be manifested in the minds of people who communicate with SHIRI”
and answered by Stingray: “I think topping the list will be ‘why am I talking to this ass?’”
May 10th, 2012 at 5:16 pm
What? Wait! I thought AlGore was the original emotional robotic ass.
My bad.
May 10th, 2012 at 6:38 pm
and answered by Stingray: “I think topping the list will be ‘why am I talking to this ass?’”
Boy, if I had a dollar for every Facebook thread where I’ve said that…
May 10th, 2012 at 9:22 pm
Or, as Ace Ventura might put it: “Let me ass you some questions…”
I’m guessing the inventor of the robotic ass doesn’t get out very much.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:54 pm
That’s just too cr-ass for words . . .
Not to mention ass-inine!
May 10th, 2012 at 11:53 pm
This thing needs to be reskinned by H.R. Giger.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:13 am
We’re really probing the uncanny valley here. And slapping, poking and caressing it, too.
May 11th, 2012 at 3:08 am
A world of NO.
May 11th, 2012 at 3:22 am
MAJ Mike,
“What? Wait! I thought AlGore was the original emotional robotic ass.”
No, you’re thinking of the unemotional robotic ass.
May 11th, 2012 at 6:53 am
Finally, a convincing HR Rep!-or an HR intimidation device…I am ass-tounded…
May 11th, 2012 at 7:23 am
That thing creeps me out.
“There no WTF? quite like a Japanese WTF?”
- Unknown
May 11th, 2012 at 10:26 am
I thought that couldn’t video get creepier.
Then it got to 2:15. And 2:30. And 2:37.
May 11th, 2012 at 10:28 am
“If I had to take a guess as to why someone has gone to the effort to create an interactive emotional mechanical ass, I’d speculate that gluteal muscles are a lot easier to simulate mechanically than the tiny muscles in the face responsible for expression, and thus it’s an easier target.”
Based on my impression of the headless hands in the video, I’d guess there were other motivations involved.
May 11th, 2012 at 10:31 am
There are other motivations involved.
The next iteration will have a fully interactive emotional sphincter.
May 11th, 2012 at 10:38 am
I expect a law banning this sort of thing in the U.S. within a month. If it became sentient, it’d put 90% of politicians out of work.
May 11th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
If we didn’t talk to animated asses, there wouldn’t be a lot of conversation going on.
May 13th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Mister President! We cannot allow An Ass-crack GAP!
May 14th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Ew.
For persons who find that regular buttseks involves too much human contact?