toddlerhawkipede

15 years ago

(Previously: Toddlerpedes.)

Tags: mutants, parts, robots

Current Music: Throwing Muses -- Not Too Soon ♬

6 Responses:

1. lostraven says:

   15 years ago at 6:38 pm

   ...I found myself murmuring something like "I'd wear it."
   Of course, I think I'd have to be jamming out on stage.
   It would totally make up for the receding hairline though.

   -Shawn

2. mikesol says:

   15 years ago at 9:57 pm

   Mr. JWZ, I've always wondered why you find pictures of mannequins, dolls, and sculptures so interesting. I think I remember reading over at your gruntle site a long time ago that you own a few mannequins yourself.
   I'd just be curious as to what the fascination is.

   Personally, I find them a little creepy, increasingly moreso as they improve in realism up until the point that they become a lifelike sculpture, and then for whatever reason they're okay again.

   • dasht_brk says:

     15 years ago at 10:12 pm

     JWZ "grew up" (if you know what i mean) at CMU, just down the hall from the robotics lab. Need I say more?

     -t

   • jwz says:

     15 years ago at 11:42 pm

     We call it Voigt-Kampff for short.

   • diffrentcolours says:

     15 years ago at 5:13 am

     That'll be the Uncanny Valley then?

     • mikesol says:

       15 years ago at 7:11 am

       Yes, I was trying to remember what that was called when writing the post and the name wouldn't come to me.

       As for the Voigt-Kampff test, it always seemed to me to be like the ultimate in advanced Turing tests. I hope I would pass one.