Meet Nadine, a Robot Receptionist

[nationalize the fed]

Prof Nadia Thalmann (left) posing beside Nadine, a life-like social robot capable of autonomously expressing emotions and gestures. Image:Nanyang Technological University

December 29, 2015, Science Daily

Say hello to Nadine, a "receptionist" at Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore). She is friendly, and will greet you back. Next time you meet her, she will remember your name and your previous conversation with her.

She looks almost like a human being, with soft skin and flowing brunette hair. She smiles when greeting you, looks at you in the eye when talking, and can also shake hands with you. And she is a humanoid.

Unlike conventional robots, Nadine has her own personality, mood and emotions. She can be happy or sad, depending on the conversation. She also has a good memory, and can recognise the people she has met, and remembers what the person had said before.

Nadine is the latest social robot developed by scientists at NTU. The doppelganger of its creator, Prof Nadia Thalmann, Nadine is powered by intelligent software similar to Apple's Siri or Microsoft's Cortana. Nadine can be a personal assistant in offices and homes in future. And she can be used as social companions for the young and the elderly...snip
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151229070713.htm

These droids are coming and the (still employed) people of the US had better start to figure out what to do when they are replaced. Because the Government doesn't care a bit.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. chuckle

[longship]

8. Love it! Happy new year, my friend!

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. You too

We were up at oh my lord it's dark for the SD International Auto Show, If I make it to 2100 local, I will be amazed. let alone 00:00 hours

I should turn the scanner, nope, not gonna do it.

[longship]

10. Just saw your auto show post. Good work! nt

[IcyPeas]

2. there goes another job.

[SusanCalvin]

5. Really.

I got no problem with robots doing the scutwork, except it always seems to mean lost jobs, not better jobs and more leisure time.

[X_Digger]

3. Uncanny valley territory. n/t

[pokerfan]

4. Paging Howard Wolowitz...

[SusanCalvin]

6. .

[HughBeaumont]

7. Capitalism is awesome until you realize robots can't buy products.

Can't rugged individualize, invent or innovate your way out of a no-demand (due to no disposable income) economy.

Even if it's 100% necessary, there's not a lottery-odds chance that a gerrymandered bunch of laissez-fail loving Christo-Fascists would pass a Guaranteed Minimum Income.