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“No! Please do not switch me off!”

Saturday, 4 August 2018, 19:00 Dr. Tar Uncategorized 25

A study out of Germany finds that a surprising number of  participants had difficulty switching a small robot off when the machine begged them not to do it. The researchers believe the hesitation is caused by “media equation” where we treat the inanimate objects we interact  with (televisions, computers and robots) as if they were living things. More

25 Comments on “No! Please do not switch me off!”

  1. But of course! Just watch the Twilight Zone episode:
    “The Lonely”

    Epilogue:
    On a microscopic piece of sand that floats through space is a fragment of a man’s life. Left to rust is the place he lived in and the machines he used. Without use, they will disintegrate from the wind and the sand and the years that act upon them.
    All of Mr. Corry’s machines, including the one made in his image, kept alive by love, but now obsolete—in The Twilight Zone.

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  6. What if we told the robot we weren’t gonna’ hurt it….. but “bad touch it.”

    That’s what Dave should have told Hal. “Relax baby, let me run my hands all over your data slots, doesn’t that feel good?”

    Yeah, that’s right. I just out creeped the Germans.

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  9. Claudia. the car isn’t smart enough to tell you what to do. The car does not know how far you planning to drive, basing that on one eighth tank is not it’s a long way.
    It is just a reminder that you need more gas soon if you plan to go much farther, just like your oil light comes on when need oil.

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  10. Extirpates, I don’t mind if the light comes on. I’m ok that it reminds me, I just don’t want it to beep at me, too. It sometimes startles me when I’m driving and that’s not a good thing!

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  11. Every German car I’ve had said to stop driving after 2 hours. Mandatory 15 minute break.
    It screamed, “switch me off, asshole!”
    and I said, “eat a dick German cocksucker, we got 20 more hours to go!”

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  13. Claudia- I have a microwave that beeps about 2 or 3 seconds after I open the door to remove something. It’s NAGGING me to close the door. I’m taking something hot out of the freaking microwave and it’s trying to rush me. WTF!? I’m looking for the manual… It’s gonna be sorry it ever met me. lol.

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  14. Claudia
    You can turn that off on most cars. You might start searching YouBoob.

    PS,
    Trumps KILLEN IT in Ohio. Gave Jim Jordan a big pat on the back.

    PS, PS,
    It’s 110 inside that Arena.

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  16. Those “skin jobs”….. hence, Bladerunner!

    «Говорить правду во времена всеобщего обмана – революционный акт». Geo. Оруэлл

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  19. OK, who here still has their Remco Lost In Space B-9 Robot, AKA:
    Class B-9-M-3 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot?

    Yes, yes, LOCO still has his from Christmas 1969.
    Damn proud to admit it. 🙂

    And no, I would never remove his 3 D-cells MJA!!!!! 🙁

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  22. My wife has a 2010 Toyota that blinks AND beeps if you don’t put on your seat belt when starting to drive. Hate that!
    I’m used to my 2000 4Runner, it just blinks, doesn’t beep. Blissful quiet.

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