Anton Channing :: Blog

Hmm, what will the Japanese come up with next?

When I first heard about Realdolls a few years back, I figured it would only be a matter of time before they started putting robotics in them.  Well, as far as I know they still haven't, but I have just heard about AI Robotics, a Japanese company that has started to make androids.

They are currently taking pre-orders for Perfect Woman, (I wonder how much feminist backlash they will face?) a female android that can apparently be taught to clean and cook (would you trust it?)  Can they be taught to kill? (Scary prospect).  I don't know if Perfect Woman has the same kind of sex enabled technology as Realdoll, but if it doesn't, its only going to be a matter of time before the two technologies meet...

Aside from the films Stepford Wives, Bladerunner and AI coming up in my head as I think where this is heading, I'm also thinking of the magical possibilities of these things.  If they really can clean and cook and perform other household chores, then I can see it won't be long before every household has one, or two.  Thoughts of the Matrix and Terminator also come to mind at this point.

But by the time they are in mass production, using them as a physical basis to house servitor spirits may become and attractive prospect.  After all, the ability to build slave lifeforms that did the sorcerors bidding was largely what the creation of homunculi was all about.

One last thing, for the heterosexual woman and gay men of you, apparently a male version of the android will also be available soon.  I wonder if they'll make it look like Data.  I dare say some will dress them up that way if they can...

I have just agreed to become a staff writer for key64.net and to celebrate I've just written my first article there as staff.  Of course I once used to be a regular contributor of the old site, key23, and I had one article published by key64 already, but it still feels special to me, so I'm mentioning it anyway...

So this first article is Know Thyself, and it is somewhat of a expansion upon a central theme to my blog Sorcery and Comfort.

I have written a new blog entry on my serpent website.  A sort of write up of Liber Malorum: Children of the Apple 

http://serpent.antonchanning.com/blog/liber-malorum-children-of-the-apple/

Want to pimp your KIA Profile page with custom backgrounds and your own choice of colours?  Well now you can.  I've just finished writing a post on the forum about how to do just that.  As you can see, I've already included a custom background on my own profile.  Feel free to ask questions if you get stuck... :)

Read the post here: http://network.kiamagic.com/mod/vanillaforum/vanilla/comments.php?D 

I just thought I'd test the ability to add video content, in this case imported from YouTube.  Looking through my YouTube favourites, this one seemed somewhat appropriate... 

 

There are still a couple of things I need to iron out in this software.  For example, during registration I noticed it asked me to confirm I was over 13.  What is the point of that?  You can be over 13 and still a minor.  I need to change this to say 'over 18'.

Secondly, when posting a profile pic, it asks you to confirm 'it is a picture of yourself and is not obscene' or some such.  Well, firstly, I do not care if peoples profile pictures are 'of themselves' or not, and nor do I care if they are 'obscene' (so long as they are legal in US and UK law and won't get my website closed down or me arrested).  We are all sexually enlightened adults here (or should be), so I'm not going to get overly censorious.

Also, I'm going to be adding some background colours in to liven the look and feel up a little.  I realise its a bit on the dull side at the moment.  This will change!