To #Mefite or #Mefites or #Metafilter users, whatever gets ya attention:
I was a pretty active Metafilter user but I stopped using my old account because it's my deadname. If you're interested in who I am, though, and my current sock puppet, DM me.
This post is boring without a pic. Here I am with a robot I met this one time. https://i.imgur.com/pN5ZRPq.jpg
Still trying to get the hang of images... https://octodon.social/media/lm_qOC4gtYFkI8biGR0
@r4v5 So cool and cute. It moves so much like a real creature, especially in the eyes. Any sort of skepticism or disgust you have at the idea goes away when it starts squeaking and wanting pets.
So ~cuuuuuuuute~
@ikea_femme You have a lovely image to work with.
@QueerHill Hey, thanks! I keep reminding myself I don't have to pass to be cute, and this compliment means a TON to me.
@ikea_femme you're welcome. It was my pleasure, and also the truth. You are gorgeous. Don't believe anyone that tells you otherwise.
@ikea_femme - I just got here, I don't even think I know what I'm doing. :open_mouth:
@NereidOfDoom I'm not sure that any of us do at this point. Well, to be honest, some people seem to know what they are doing, but I'm not one of them. I'm just enjoying being SOCIAL on a "social" network for a change.
@ikea_femme Is that a sealbot? I always wondered, when they move can you hear the servos moving at the joints.? So cute yet so uncanny valley.
@Faintdreams He's Paro! The inventor used he pronouns, at least. He's designed to calm patients with anxiety, pain, or dementia, as well as teach autistic children social skills. The idea is he's to offer the benefits of animal therapy without the ethical and logistical problems of pets (for example, people are allergic to dander, food and bathroom for the animal, what if a patient freaks out and hurts the animal, etc)
It's kind of Philip K Dick, but so cute you dont care.
@ikea_femme I know all about Paro, apparently giving him to dementia suffers has had some surprising effects on their short term memory. I've just never spoken to someone who actually handled one. I was curious about Uncanny Valley emotions
@Faintdreams Paro really looked and sounded like a real animal to me. It probably helps they went for an animal people don't usually interact with. A dog or cat robot would probably seem more suspicious.
@ikea_femme The cat version is the stuff of knightmares!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiyT9iXcBCo&t=69s
They twitch and you can hear the servoes inside. ::shudder::
@ikea_femme unrelated because i never actually used mefi as anything but a lurker, but omg how was the robot seal? there was real talk at my last job about getting one for the office. is it as cool as it is cute?