Which headline has your attention today? Dominion Voting, the Canadian company battling with Fox News? Or might it be Devanthro's Robodies at a fair this week - "building robots as agile, dexterous and elegant as the human body, but without its fragility - so that one day, we can live as these nobodies and stay curious indefinitely."
Both are creepy. But which one seems creepiest - the known or the unknown?
The case for the known: The U.S. defamation lawsuit has to prove there was intentional malice in reporting the false claims, not just reckless spreading of lies. Baseless doesn't seem to be the issue in the U.S. court system here. The high bar of the first amendment is actual malice. It is creepy and compelling to experience the moment when the United States spirals into chaos because the pathways for misinformation, disinformation and clear lies are opened wide. That's the scenario if Fox doesn't lose.
Do the Robodies seem creepier? Yes to me they are personally and individually creepy which is even worse.
"Robodies are Humanoid Robotic Avatars that teleport your senses, action and presence anywhere on the planet. Combining robotics, AI, AR, 5G into one technology, they’re the closest thing to teleportation." The company is DEVANTHRO, The Nobody Company.
"They will allow 1.5 billion baby boomers age with dignity. The Robody is named 10xNurse - a care-giver who remotely cares by embodying robodies in elderlies homes. Nurses care for many patients at once, by teleporting between them, when needed.
Take a look at the website HERE. You can see all the presentations promoting the nobodies in Germany. Evening smiling and hugging the Robot. I can't help thinking it is a person in a robot suit. But no this is me in a robot body - it is the opposite.
If only it was a train wreck ahead and not a nuclear explosion. |