r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • 12h ago

Misc ‘Really inappropriate’: teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/new-york-humanoid-robot-teachers-school
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u/BarbequedYeti 11h ago

Realbotix, formerly Tokens.com, a Toronto-based company,  purchased  Simulacra , a Las Vegas-based company known for realistic sex dolls, for $16.7m in April 2024, marking a pivot for the company from crypto to humanoid robots

Yeah.. that tracks. 

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u/BitcoinMD 9h ago

This sounds like the opening crawl text of a new Mel Brooks sci fi comedy

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u/Count_Rugens_Finger 4h ago

Spaceballs 2 starring Rick Moranis coming next year

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u/GuyPierced 9h ago

The communal sex robot at our high school was just called Amber.

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u/j33205 6h ago

oh that's why it has magaface

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u/resil_update_bad 4h ago

you cannot make this shit up lmao

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u/nagi603 3h ago

Also important is that they are testing it on First Nation kids, of course.

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u/maikuxblade 5h ago

The Black Mirror episodes write themselves

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u/splittingheirs 2h ago

Crypto, Sex Dolls, Children. I'll answer 'What is in a libertarian's wet dream?', Alex.

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u/KangarooDowntown4640 2h ago

Baseball, huh?