January 11, 2013

A terrible beauty is born

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Dr. Javier Movellan, UCSD Machine Perception Lab, poses with an incomplete version of Diego-san at Kokoro Co. Ltd. in Japan.

And there’s a video.

posted by in technology, the future, translation, uncategorized | * | 18 comments 

comments

  1. rick neece on January 11th, 2013 at 4:42 pm

    Baby half the size he daddy. Scare me.

  2. rick neece on January 11th, 2013 at 4:43 pm

    Baby eyes be dead.

  3. Sheila Ryan on January 11th, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    You looked at the video yet, Ricky Cameron?

  4. Sheila Ryan on January 11th, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    Big ol’ baby head.

  5. Michael Grant Smith on January 11th, 2013 at 6:19 pm

    Well, I don’t have to sleep tonight or ever again and dream about that robot baby.

    Stop staring at me, scary baby.

  6. Daryl Scroggins on January 11th, 2013 at 7:29 pm

    That baby bout to kick his daddy in the jimmy.

  7. Sheila Ryan on January 11th, 2013 at 7:50 pm

    Y’all, look at the video if you haven’t already. That’s one creepy lil’ babyboy.

  8. Sheila Ryan on January 11th, 2013 at 7:52 pm

    The video: Diego Installed.

  9. Sheila Ryan on January 11th, 2013 at 7:53 pm

    Kick my daddy in the jimmy he made me so ugly.

  10. Michael Grant Smith on January 11th, 2013 at 8:14 pm

    Do not look at the video.

  11. Rick neece on January 11th, 2013 at 8:24 pm

    Gawdammit! It’s pert near like the old days. I lost an awesome muthafukin comment to the interwebs. Course I’m tryin to make it from my phone. There ya go.

  12. Sheila Ryan on January 11th, 2013 at 8:36 pm

    “Do not look at the video” is up there with “do not Google ‘eel porn’,” MGS.

  13. Sheila Ryan on January 11th, 2013 at 8:37 pm

    Rick, I know your comment was awesome. I just know it.

  14. Michael Grant Smith on January 11th, 2013 at 8:45 pm

    Oops. Just Googled “eel porn.” See y’all in a couple of years.

  15. Sheila Ryan on January 11th, 2013 at 8:57 pm

    Told y’all not to Google “eel porn”.

  16. Sheila Ryan on January 11th, 2013 at 8:57 pm

    “Eels up inside ya, findin’ an entrance where they can!”

  17. Michael Grant Smith on January 11th, 2013 at 9:12 pm

    Have a nice weekend.

  18. Sheila Ryan on January 11th, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    Thank you, MGS.