# A giant sarcastic robot or weaponized sex doll...what a great idea **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-giant-sarcastic-robot-or-weaponized-sex-doll-what-a-great-idea/776834 "2017-01-10T20:34:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-giant-sarcastic-robot-or-weaponized-sex-doll-what-a-great-idea/776834/21 "2017-01-18T20:24:21Z")
Paging **Condescending Robot** … > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > What? No Hal 9000? Exceptionally polite totally logical killing machine. And it kills by simple things like … locking doors. And shutting down cryogenic life-support systems. > [@Gorsnak](#): > > Google recently integrated their ‘OK Google’ voice assistant into Google Maps, and if while navigating you ask if you’re there yet repeatedly it eventually threatens not to stop for ice cream if you ask again. Love it! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-giant-sarcastic-robot-or-weaponized-sex-doll-what-a-great-idea/776834/22 "2017-01-19T02:43:51Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > After Asimov published his Three Laws of Robotics, most of that nonsense should have ended. > He even managed stories that involved conflicts of The Three Laws that didn’t actually violate them. Jack Williamson took Asimov’s laws to their logical conclusion in “With Folded Hands,” destroying them forever. That was in 1947. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-giant-sarcastic-robot-or-weaponized-sex-doll-what-a-great-idea/776834.md?page=1)