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Always important to remember that a lot of these robots are “faking” the humanlike motions – its a property of how they’re trained not an inherent property of the hardware. They’re actually capable of way weirder stuff and way faster motions.

  • nothx [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 days ago

    Yeah this is my thought about it too. As someone that also knows nothing and anything, I don’t think the human body or the way we move is particularly efficient. So having robots that look and move like humans seems purely like a vanity thing.

    • LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      i’d only argue that the customer service bit isn’t really just vanity since I feel like it’s perfectly valid to expect people to feel wary towards something that looks like a biblically accurate angel speaking to them, versus something like an andoid like Data (although making Data look human was probably a vanity thing since Starfleet was filled with aliens and he coulda looked more different without shocking anyone)