Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Android

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-11 02:08pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2749537.stm

Bizarre!

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-02-11 02:12pm

Weird...

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-02-11 02:20pm

And the purpose of this robot is to...do what every hetero guy does automatically anyway? Way to spend heaps of money for no apparent reason at all. Durr.

This is nice and accurate, though:

Artificial intelligence experts in Fife have unveiled a robotic head which they say can scientifically determine how attractive women are to men.
But they have warned that it does not work in reverse because masculine appeal to women is not as likely to be based on looks alone.

Aww, how sweet!

Pardon my attitude, but the last thing society needs is yet another way for women to be measured up to be put in their place on the attractiveness scale. Don't you think we get enough of that from the media as it is? Sheesh...

Sorry, I'm just not in the mood to laugh it off as something that's just weird.

Coaan · Post by **Coaan** » 2003-02-11 02:20pm

Captain tycho wrote:Weird...

totally

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-11 02:22pm

Zaia wrote:And the purpose of this robot is to...do what every hetero guy does automatically anyway? Way to spend heaps of money for no apparent reason at all. Durr.

This is nice and accurate, though:

Artificial intelligence experts in Fife have unveiled a robotic head which they say can scientifically determine how attractive women are to men.
But they have warned that it does not work in reverse because masculine appeal to women is not as likely to be based on looks alone.
Aww, how sweet!

Pardon my attitude, but the last thing society needs is yet another way for women to be measured up to be put in their place on the attractiveness scale. Don't you think we get enough of that from the media as it is? Sheesh...

Sorry, I'm just not in the mood to laugh it off as something that's just weird.

Maybe they will turn against men as women look nicer and you and Kelly and every other female will bask in robot glory.

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-02-11 02:24pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:Maybe they will turn against men as women look nicer and you and Kelly and every other female will bask in robot glory.

LOL

Thanks, babe, I needed a bit of a laugh. *kisses cheek* Good answer.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-11 02:32pm

Zaia wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:Maybe they will turn against men as women look nicer and you and Kelly and every other female will bask in robot glory.
LOL

Thanks, babe, I needed a bit of a laugh. *kisses cheek* Good answer.

Hehe, yay!

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-02-11 02:33pm

I must be reading it wrong, but doesn't it say that women base on looks?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-02-11 02:34pm

It's no secret that the female body is a work of art, while the male body is not. Women can't be as obsessed with looks as men, or they would all be lesbians.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-02-11 02:36pm

Well, most of us are bi- Mike. And there are a lot out there that would never admit to it.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-11 02:38pm

Kelly Antilles wrote:Well, most of us are bi- Mike. And there are a lot out there that would never admit to it.

Hmm, interesting and yet I can see the truth too.

But yeah, male body is fugly, hence a lot of my female colleagues don't understand porn since us men look at it but women find it pointless (looking at naked men anyway).

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-02-11 02:42pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:[
But yeah, male body is fugly, hence a lot of my female colleagues don't understand porn since us men look at it but women find it pointless (looking at naked men anyway).

Oh, I agree... Playgirl is one of the most disgusting magazines. No offense to our homosexual contingent. I just think they don't know what a nice looking specimine of a guy looks like. He usually has some clothes on.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-02-11 02:44pm

Kelly Antilles wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:[
But yeah, male body is fugly, hence a lot of my female colleagues don't understand porn since us men look at it but women find it pointless (looking at naked men anyway).
Oh, I agree... Playgirl is one of the most disgusting magazines. No offense to our homosexual contingent. I just think they don't know what a nice looking specimine of a guy looks like. He usually has some clothes on.

That's partially because the male body just isn't as attractive nude as the female body is.

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-02-11 02:59pm

Kelly Antilles wrote:I must be reading it wrong, but doesn't it say that women base on looks?

It says that it won't work in the other way around because most women take into account things other than looks. It can't say that all women do that, because gross generalizations don't work either, but it says that a fembot judging masculine attractiveness won't work because too many chicks have too many other factors to figure into what makes a guy attractive.

I still don't like the idea of it, though. Oh well, they didn't ask me for my input... *shrug*

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-02-11 03:32pm

So does this mean that beauty is a measurable quantity after all?

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2003-02-11 03:40pm

Darth Wong wrote:It's no secret that the female body is a work of art, while the male body is not. Women can't be as obsessed with looks as men, or they would all be lesbians.

Look at Michangelo's David and tell me that. The male body can be a sculpted work of art just as much as a woman's body can be. Mind you I'm not saying that every man or woman is beautiful, but they both can be in there own way.