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[Bondrock]

Robots will Replace Reporters by 2015
By Kim Lee-pak
Staff Reporter


South Korea plans to spend 10 billion won (about $8 million) next thursday to develop technologies for advanced news gathering and on-the-spot media robots, the Ministry of Robotics and other Nonsense said Monday.

Curitol and Shamsung Techbull will be on the receiving end of the government research and development (R&D) fund that is intended to foster public support in the robotic reporter arena. The global market for newsbots will also reap the benefits of uri homegrown intellectual property.

Park Mi-Ka, chief editor for the Korea Times said, "These newsbots will scour the internet seeking out new life and new civilizations."



http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2010/02/123_60512.html

http://tinyurl.com/yzfrsfy

[Steelrails]

Too many jokes in head...overloading humor circuits...error...(explodes)

[reactionary]

At least we won't be the only ones who lose jobs in the 2010s thanks to robots.

[PeterDragon]

What is it with Korean journalism and robot-themed future speculation these days?

First it was teaches, then they wrote basically the same article, but changed th keyword to "journalists". Who wants to place bets on who's getting replaced in the future next?

My money's on cabbies or hookers.

[Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida]

Heh. I won't lose my job to a robot. Then again I haven't taught ESL in 5 years.

[Steelrails]

Those people standing out stores handing out free crap trying to get you to come in. Robo-claws are more forceful than cute girls hand.

Speaking of claws, where's Engrish Teacher Ryan? Maybe he's been replaced by a robot.

[Bailsibub]

But the current reporters are already pretty lifelike. They must be ironing out some of the flaws for this next generation....

[Moldy Rutabaga]

All this fascination with replacing every human worker with a robot. Because, as we all know, the world is running out of people!

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[abigolblackman]

@PeterDragon

Korea is already importing robotic hookers, so you're not too far off...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10432597-1.html

abigolblackman

[Old Gil]

Sam Watterston and his ilk at Old Glory will be ecstatic over this news.

[Bondrock]

Scientists Test Out All-Robot Dramas
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/02/133_60585.html

By Kim Tae-gyu
Staff Reporter

A team of South Korean scientists are to produce dramas with robots playing the main characters, and some scenes will feature just androids without any human actors.

The team led by Lee Ho-gil at the state-run Korea Institute of Industrial Technology said Tuesday that its "female" android, dubbed EveR-3, will take a leading role in multiple shows throughout this year.

A combination of "Eve" and "robot", EveR-1 was first unveiled midway through 2005 as the world's second android following Japan's ACTROID. Two of its sequels came to town later and EveR-3 debuted late 2008.

"EveR-3 was created for performances and played in traditional Korean operas or dramas for children, such as the 'Robot Princess and the Seven Dwarfs' in late 2009," Lee told The Korea Times.

"During last year's drama, we tried a scene where just EveR-3 and its servant robot appear. We learned that it was not easy but we will continue similar trials this year," he said.

However, Lee expected that it will be a long time before robots perform on a stage for hours without the help of human actors.

"It is a long shot. Before artificially intelligent robots are developed, all-robot plays will be difficult because current models are not flexible. In other words, they are not designed to respond to audiences. Hence, people will not appreciate such performances," Lee said.

"But we will try to build some scenes composed of only robots down the road. If they continue for a few minutes, people are expected to accept them."

When android actors start to replace humans, Lee predicts that the cost of performing a play would substantially decrease because a skeleton staff will be sufficient.

"Currently, dozens of staff members are necessary for a single drama. For a big one, the figure is more often than not in three digits. But when robots take center stage, half this number would be enough," Lee said.

EveR-3 is an android that is 157 centimeters tall and weighs 50 kilograms. With beautiful style and lifelike skin, it has an ability to communicate in two languages and lips synchronized to the words.

More than 20 motors allow a total of 16 facial expressions to show feelings such as joy, anger, sorrow and happiness depending on different situations.

The current model moves on wheels but Lee hopes to upgrade it to a bipedal one so that it can have a human-like gait.

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[ms.catbc]

Japan has also been investing a ridiculous amount of money on robots as well.

Some dude in Canada (Brampton Ontario) is working on inventing a robot female companion.
http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/7197--brampton-man-s-robot-girl-brings-him-fame-but-not-fortune

is it all necessary?

[Bondrock]

Smashung Robot Wins Figure Skating Gold

By Kim Lee-Pak
Korea Times Correspondent

Oslo -- Ramoids? What ramoids?

Just moments after Japanese champion robot Hon-Da laid down a near-perfect performance, Korean darling Tech-Bae responded with its best short program ever, breaking the 2015 world record again and setting up the much-anticipated showdown with Hon-Da in the robotic free skating that many humans in Japan and Korea mentally adsorbed last night.

Tech-Bae scored 001001001 in the short program Wednesday (KST), at the Oversized Coliseum in Oslo that was filled with robotic arms waving Smashung flags, and is in first place over Hon-Da, a close second with 001001000, entering the free skating on Friday.

Controversy has surrounded the Oslo Olympics as many of the top robots have been accused of using ramoids in an attempt to build bigger and faster data transfer fields.

Smashung is currently being investigated for possible links to California's silicon valley where many former Microsoft employees have been reduced to selling ramoids to robots desperately seeking fame, or just wanting to jack-on.