Comments on: Robot Morphs Its Face, Can Look Like You

By: Takanishi Labs Face Shape Expression Robot [video] « Cyberspace Nova

Takanishi Labs Face Shape Expression Robot [video] « Cyberspace Nova — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:15:31 +0000

[...] source: thinkartificial.org [...]

By: Hrafn

Hrafn — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:45:24 +0000

You’re welcome Louise, thanks for the comment — I’m glad you enjoy

By: louise

louise — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:24:34 +0000

I think this website is amazing it tells you so much. It teches us young kids about so many thing like how the robot reacts to things and what it can do phisicly. I just think its just awsome and cool,and i wana thank the person who made this site.

thank you,
love louise u.

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Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:33:05 +0000

[...] ThinkArtificial.org, could be my favorite blog of the moment, has done a recent post on a robot that can simulate human faces. Both creepy and [...]

By: Hrafn

Hrafn — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:44:54 +0000

Hah, thanks for that tidbit Daniel! I must say that it’d probably look awesome. I think I’d go for one. But then, you’re probably right that it could get a bit creepy, say if you forgot to hang up and it’d suddenly reach out screaming “HELLO?!”

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:46:47 +0000

At the end of the Japanese narration in the second video they mention using this technology for video phones in the future. I’m not quite sure if I’d want a 3D moving portrait of a face sticking out of the wall when I talk on the phone. Then again it sounds perfect for the world of Harry Potter

By: Hrafn

Hrafn — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:17:05 +0000

Hehe, yeah. You know a moral guideline was recently drafted regarding the use/misuse of robots and AI. Not sure if it's been published or if its finished, but if I remember correctly it was more about accidents and government use, rather than individual use. I'm sure it won't be long until some kind of laws are passed. Also, if you haven't seen it be sure to check out the 3D morphable face system. It can take 2D images of a person and transform it into a 3D animation, which totally falls under your concern for stealing someone's identity.

By: Gnorb

Gnorb — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:07:41 +0000

I can’t help but wonder when legislation will start being made about what robots are and are not allowed to do. Think about it, how easy would it be to — in the near future — use this to create a fake video of someone confessing to a crime or something? Or for a government to use this in the same way Big Brother used “Messages from Goldstein” (or the modern day equivalent, the Bush administration and their “Messages from Osama bin Laden”)?

It makes for wonderful fiction, and while I’m optimistic that the wost case scenario won’t happen (it very rarely ever does), the possibilities introduced by these can be rather frightening. *Thinks back to the Unabomber Manifesto*