What the crap is this crap.

[JoshuaD]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4714135.stm

Here are some gems:

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Before [this adult female robot], Professor Ishiguro developed Repliee R1 which had the appearance of a five-year-old Japanese girl.

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"More importantly, we have found that people forget she is an android while interacting with her. Consciously, it is easy to see that she is an android, but unconsciously, we react to the android as if she were a woman."

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