Renewed to Honor

I stared at this picture for so long. Something did not quite make sense. This was no longer artificial intelligence made in the image of man, but rather a purposeful machine made to cater some impulses. There are many blogs , I would guess that would list the good and bad aspects of such a creation. I am rather shocked. It has not been too long since we heard of Sweetie . The idea of robots as companion has always fascinated me. I had a toy robot when I was a boy, later when I learned to design bots, I had considered the conditions of artificial intelligence seriously. Back in 2008, there were some experimental robots who were fitted with female upper body and I knew then that one day sex bots would be norm, but always had faith in the robotic community that they would grow out of their boyish nature and would create better products. When Sweetie was released, I wondered how many hours of animation had been wasted on trying to perfect a human child. Bear with me here, I have f