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That Is Not Going To Be Popular

Mon Nov 02 13:22:03 GMT 2009 by Rich
http://www.rmcybernetics.com

I think we just need more time to become accustomed to machines that mimic us. I expect that today's children will not feel so creeped out by such things in the future.

When things are trying to be human but lack certain human qualities, it creeps us out in the same way that a real human that lacks those qualities would. Eventually we will have sufficient exposure to such things to allow us not to find them so creepy.

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