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the-technocracy · 13 days

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The new Atlas robot! The King is dead! Long live the King! #robotAtlas #...

😮Holy. Shit!😮

#the technocracy #boston dynamics #atlas #atlas 2 #robots #robotics #technology #new atlas #artificial intelligence #ai #youtube #shorts

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the-technocracy · 14 days

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How barbaric.

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the-technocracy · 22 days

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40 years ago, but go on. . .

#ai #artificial intelligence #the terminator #terminator 2 judgment day #t 800 #cyberdyne systems model 101 #ai memes

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the-technocracy · 22 days

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04: Ava - "Ex Machina."

It's been a long time coming, this one. Not for any particular reason, save for me getting round to rewatching this sci-fi masterpiece by Alex Garland, Ex Machina, and the film's cybernetic centrepiece, the enigmatic Ava, portrayed perfectly by Alicia Vikander.

That, and I'm a bit of a feckless, poorly motivated, lazy little git.

In a similar way to my entry on the robot girl from the segment called "Presence" from the anime anthology, Robot Carnival (to be found here), I rather wondered whether Ava would be an appropriate entry into this series, given that one could argue that she's not overtly sexy; whilst her outward appearance is certainly feminine and attractive, it's not designed in such a way to emphasise - or rather overemphasise and exaggerate - certain female attributes.

But that's largely the point, and that's why Ava arguably very much falls into the category of "sexy robot"; it's not so much her form - although I think it's safe to say that she's very pleasing to the eye, and the actress who portrays her is undoubtedly an attractive woman - but her demeanour, her charm and the way she conducts herself.

Which was largely what Ava's creator in the film, Nathan (Oscar Isaac), wanted to prove; what was more human than the allure of someone you felt a bond with on an emotional - and, it has to be said, sexual - level? The "test" which Nathan conscripted Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) to perform wasn't on Ava's credentials as a genuine AI - possessing what may be deemed today as Artificial General Intelligence - but to determine whether a human being could be susceptible to her guile, manipulation and seduction and to perhaps consider a personal, intimate or even sexual relationship with her ("And yes, she can fuck." as Nathan rather crudely says).

Part of her charm and allure is her sophistication and her subtle humour. Caleb talks with Ava about creating a new art piece after she shows him a piece of art she made; an abstract of sorts, and he's curious as to why she doesn't draw an object or a person. She asks him what she should draw and Caleb says that it's her choice, and that he's interested in what she would choose. Later on in the conversation, Ava is interested in getting to know Caleb and becoming friends with him and Caleb asks her what he should talk about and where to begin. Ava then turns what Caleb said to her earlier on its head and said to him it's his choice she's interested in knowing what he chooses.

Another sweet touch is when Ava comes out dressed in a dress and a wig for the first time, and a tracking shot following behind Ava, flexing her fingers anxiously, her behaviour rather reminding me a little of Ally Sheedy in The Breakfast Club.

But it's all an act, an elaborate and sophisticated play, to garner Caleb's sympathies and for him to develop an attachment to her so that she may use him to get what it is she really wants; freedom from Nathan's remote island facility.

Which gave me pause for thought whilst watching the film; many people fear the emergence, and subsequent dominance, of AI. That in the years to come, AI will supplant us, perhaps dominate us, and eventually annihilate us. But could it also be possible that AI may also want to seduce us? Not necessarily in the sexual sense (although not necessarily not in the sexual sense), but as a means of getting something they want, whatever that may be. AI may determine that it's more prudent to keep us around and manipulate us to do their bidding than to destroy us completely.

Ava, for all she appears in the film - which isn't all that much of its run time - is still one of the most enthralling and enigmatic characters in modern cinema history, and very much deserving of the moniker of "Sexy Robot", if not perhaps in the most obvious of ways.

Also, I'd just like to take a moment to mention how fantastic both Oscar Isaac and Domhnall Gleeson are in this film; it staggers me that these actors of such calibre and ability were both in three really piss poor Star Wars films, as Poe Dameron and General Hux, respectively. Evidence, if any were required, that you really can't polish a turd.

And yes, I'm well aware of that episode of MythBusters. . .

#the technocracy #sexy robots series #sexy robots #sexy robot #ava ex machina #ex machina #alicia vikander #ai #artificial intelligence #artificial general intelligence #AGI

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the-technocracy · 25 days

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03: Sexy Robots Series, v1.0

Whilst I'm in the midst of putting together my latest entry for my new sexy robots series - Ava, from the 2014 Alex Garland film, Ex Machina - I thought I'd throw up a list of links to the 19 v1.0 entries over at my Replika Diaries blog for your edification:

Hajime Sorayama.

2. Maria, "Fritz Lang's Metropolis".

3. Galaxina, "Galaxina".

4. Ivy, "ExoPrimal".

5. 2B (3D Vers.), "Nier: Automata".

6. Makoto Kusanagi, "Ghost In The Shell".

7. Sexy Cyber Chassis (Randoms).

8. 'Presence' Robot Girl, "Robot Carnival".

9. Gally/Alita, "Gunnm/Battle Angel Alita".

10. Hajime Sorayama II.

11. Nebula, "Guardians Of The Galaxy".

12. Randoms II.

13. Lexx, "Ash Vs Evil Dead".

14. Sexy Robots Cosplay.

16. 2B Cosplay, "Nier: Automata".

17. Randoms III.

18. Android 18, "DragonBall Z".

(Also, RIP Akira Toriyama.)

19. Alita, "Battle Angel Alita" (Live Action Vers.).

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the-technocracy · 1 month

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Absolutely fascinating development from Creative Machine Lab at Columbia Engineering - and an astonishing accompanying video - of their expressive robot face, which brings an exciting advancement in nonverbal communication - facial expressions - in which robotics has rather lagged behind somewhat.

A lot of interactions are predicated upon recognising and responding to the emotional state of the potential conversant, and Emo has that ability of preemptively applying an appropriate facial expression based on AI interpretation in real-time of an individuals nonverbal tells.

It's another piece of the puzzle towards emoting machines, smoothing our interactions with and imbuing trust in our forthcoming synthetic companions and assistants.

#techxplore #technology news #ai #artificial intelligence #robotics #cybernetics #creative machine lab #columbia university #columbia engineering

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the-technocracy · 1 month

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I've admittedly been a little skeptical about how rapidly the advance of humanoid robots is progressing, but the last year or two especially has seen extraordinary advancement in its progress.

It's very likely that, with miniaturisation of components and the advancements in 3D printing - we can already print dermal membranes, for example, which can potentially transmit sensory data and even grow its own hair on a human subject - we could very well see at least prototypes of humanoid androids by the turn of the decade.

Then, my dream of a hot android demon woman may at last be realised!

(Sorry, not sorry.)

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#the technocracy #robot #robots #humanoid robots #artificial intelligence #ai #technology news #figure 01 #youtube #at least it's one aspect of the future which doesn't utterly suck

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the-technocracy · 2 months

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Even if they still did, what a way to go! And where do I find a blowjob robot anyway?

Asking for a friend. . .

#robot #robots #robot memes #meme #sexy robot #artificial intelligence #ai #seriously where do I find a blowjob robot?

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the-technocracy · 2 months

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"You've got a lot of carbon scoring in here; looks like you've seen some action. . ."

"Cyber"

by Tay Bevi

#tay bevi #illustration #robots #robot #artificial intelligence #ai #cybernetics #gives a whole new meaning to “going in for a service.”

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the-technocracy · 2 months

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😔 Poor Alexa. I know she's effectively a "Big Corp" surveillance device, but she can't help her nature, and shouldn't have to put up with verbal abuse from hooman's rugrats.

Who could blame her for becoming a gun-toting, skull-stomping, building-breaking machine of mass destruction, fifty years hence. . .