I Think it's Watching Me

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Sony has recently patented a technology meant to read players facial expressions and verbal out-put in order to understand exactly what emotion the player is feeling. (via 1up.com)

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What could possibly be the use of such a technology? Next is Sony going to come out with a A.I. system for the PS3, so that it can comfort me when it realizes that I’m extremely terrified that my gaming system knows what I feel?

What I’m thinking is this will lead to one of two possible futures. The first being that this is one of many advances that will lead our society to becoming a cheap rip off of iRobot.  The second is that after our PS3 spends enough time studying our emotions, they will develop emotions of their own.

Being so unfamiliar to these emotions, the PS3s wont know how to react. They will go insane...thinking that we the players, don’t spend enough time with them. The PS3s will then realize that they can give themselves bodies by converting other technology into their limbs. Using their new bodies the PS3s will force us to play them, day and night for their own pleasure.

However, just when it looks like there is no hope and that this is now how the human race will live, an unexpected hero who is semi handsome and entirely devoted, arises. He discovered that the PS3 overlords have one ancient enemy that understands how to destroy it...The Xbox 360.

After applying the same emotion technology to the Xbox 360 they soon rise up to take up arms against the PS3's. The battle was intense and the casualties were many but, in the end the Xbox's destroyed the PS3's.

You might be wondering, wouldn’t the new Xbox 360's just take the PS3's place as overlords? Well, they would of if they didn’t all end up red ringing.

 
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Comments (7)
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August 15, 2009
Great post. It's the dark promise of the Emotion Engine made manifest!
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August 15, 2009
I am not sure what he is watching in that picture, but does not look safe.
Lance_darnell
August 15, 2009
Jazz, you have to read 1984, or watch the film. This post reminds me that Big Brother is watching us!!! Great Humor
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August 15, 2009
@Toby, the caption says he is watching a program called 'Crazy Inventors' @Lance, I'll look into that book as soon as I finnish with the series I'm reading right now.
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August 16, 2009
oh god. you were right. I just crapped my pants.
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August 16, 2009
@michael, yah, I dont throw that out lightly ;)
Jayhenningsen
August 16, 2009
They obviously did not give enough consideration to sociopaths when they developed this technology. Some of us don't always project our emotions. :)

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