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Will robots in drag take on the world?
Bina48 is apparently the most advanced humanoid robots around. Apparently modelled on a real Bina, who spent hours talking to the bot to give her human personality traits and vocabulary idiosyncrasies, Bina48 is quite frankly terrifying.
Admittedly it is impressive to see a robot respond to the New York Times journalist's questions. The disambiguation of the word "cool" is interesting to see, even if it makes her sound like Rainman. Nevertheless, I can't help wondering why they spent so much money on an anima-tronic, intelligent machine and then just scalped the nearest Julie doll to create that shock of fake blonde hair.
It's the stuff of nightmares. Think Stephen King's "It" and you are nearly there:
Bina48 was designed to be a “friend robot,”
by Hanson Robotics per the request of self-made millionaire Martine Rothblatt,
who paid $125,000 for her last March, which her personality and appearance based
on those of Bina Rothblatt, Martine’s real-life spouse.
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