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Titolo: Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot

Mancano BuFFyBot, la Fidanzata di Warren, ecc.
http://io9.com/5356771/six-signs-you-might-be-dating-a-robot
You've met someone new, and things are going great, but you start to notice
something off about them. Could your significant other be a robot in
disguise? Check our list for the possible signs.
Now maybe you're knowingly dating a robot, or perhaps you've had one
constructed for that very purpose. But if you think your guy or gal might
be an artificial intelligence, but you're not sure, look for these symptoms:
You've Only Spoken to Them Online
xkcd: It's always risky dating someone online. You don't know if that cute
girl you've been chatting with is really an octogenarian with great taste
in movies ï¿½ or a particularly sophisticated spambot. Fortunately, this
savvy Internet user knows a test for artificial intelligence far more
efficient that the Turing Test or the Voight-Kampff.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer "I Robot...You Jane:" We all learn a valuable
lesson about chatting with strange men when sweet, awkward Willow starts an
online romance with Malcolm. She thinks she's found the man of her dreams ï¿½
or at least someone to help her forget Xander for a while. Tragically,
"Malcolm" is actually "Moloch," an ancient demon trapped in the school's
computer system whose only means of physical interaction is through a robot
body.
There Are Multiple Copies
Battlestar Galactica: Glowing spines would have been a handy way to tell
the Cylons from the humans, but barring that, there are a few other ways to
tell if the person you're sexing up is a Cylon. Baltar and Tyrol both date
Cylon women with a penchant for sabotage, but Helo gets the most definitive
clue to his lady friend's true nature, when he spots her exact duplicate
hanging around Caprica with a Number Six.
Star Trek "Requiem for Methuselah:" Rayna Kapec seems like the perfect
woman: intelligent, beautiful, and a great pool players. It's no wonder
that Captain Kirk, who falls in lust every other week, pursues her. But,
alas it's not meant to be. Kirk and Spock stumble into a chamber belonging
to Rayna's guardian Flint, containing several earlier gynoid versions of
the lovely Rayna. The emotional impact of learning that she's a robot and
being forced to choose between Kirk and Flint prove too much for Rayna's
circuits to handle, prompting an irrevocable meltdown.
The Twilight Zone "In His Image:" Jessica Connelly never actually learns
that Alan Talbot, the man she fell in love with, is a robot. His creator
and physical doppleganger, Walter Ryder, just quietly takes his place after
Alan malfunctions and starts developing homicidal impulses.
They're Three Laws Compliant
Foundation: We'd all like our significant others to respect human life and
to protect us when we're in danger. But Dors Venabili, Hari Seldon's
bodyguard and eventual wife, is actually programed to do just that. Seldon
does suspect that she's a robot, but by then he has already fallen for her.
Their Affection Can Kill
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me: British Intelligence never bothered
to tell Austin Powers that his partner and new bride Vanessa Kensington is,
in fact, a fembot planted by Dr. Evil. Austin learns soon enough when
Vanessa points a pair of machine guns from her breasts, though she notes he
would have figured it out sooner if he'd tried a little foreplay.
Kim Possible: So the Drama: When crime-fighting teenager Kim Possible needs
a date to her junior prom, new student Eric appears just in the nick of
time to be Kim's first steady boyfriend. She's understandably devastated
when her nemesis Dr. Drakken kidnaps her new beau, and rushes to save him.
But when Kim gives the newly liberated Eric a relieved hug, he electrocutes
her, revealing himself to be one of Drakken's Synthodrones.
They Dance Like No Human Dances
"Der Sandmann" by ETA Hoffmann: Summer Glau's ballerina background may have
been an excuse to place the Terminator Cameron in toe shoes, but gynoids
have a long history of dancing. Olimpia, for example, is quiet adept at
dance as well as singing and playing the harpsichord. Many find her cold
and stiff movements a bit off-putting, but Nathanael, a young student
already engaged to another woman, develops a passionate obsession with her.
When he learns that Olimpia was an automaton all along, he's driven mad by
the revelation, leaping to his death.
Metropolis: When the Joh Fredersen and Rotwang conspire to place a robot
made to resemble the popular worker leader Maria upon the working caste,
they hold a dance performance to see if the people of Metropolis see her as
human. It works, and the men of Metropolis are immediately captivated. It's
Fredersen's son Freder, who is in love with the real Maria, who eventually
recognizes that she's not the girl he fell for, and must be a copy.
They've Returned from the Dead
Machine Teen: Carly Whitmere knows that her boyfriend, Adam Aaronson, is
frequently ill, but never would she guess that his bouts of illness are the
result of glitches in his robotic systems. It's actually not Carly, but
Adam's best friend JT who first discovers his robotic nature, and later
helps repair Adam after he is seemingly shot to death.
Star Trek "What Are Little Girls Made Of?:" Starfleet had lost contact with
Nurse Christine Chapel's fiance Dr. Roger Korby for several years, so she
was relieved to discover him apparently alive and well on Exo III. But it
turns out the Korby she encounters is not quite the man she remembers, but
an android copy that the dying Korby imbued with his appearance and
memories, one who firmly believes in robot supremacy.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Ted:" When Joyce Summers starts dating Ted
Buchanan, he seems to good to be true. He's charming, a fantastic cook, and
happy to spend an afternoon playing miniature golf. Unfortunately, Ted also
happens to be the robotic equivalent of Bluebeard, wooing women only to
later hold them captive and watch them die. Although Buffy takes an instant
dislike to this interloper, and accidentally "kills" him after Ted slaps
her, Joyce only catches on to Ted's evil nature when Ted returns from the
dead, all glitchy and malfunctioning.
-- 
Jolan Tru
Filippo "Hytok" Simone
http://perestroika.iobloggo.com/

 hanging around Caprica with a Number Six.
Nel caso di Tyrol pero'...
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...anche lui e' un cylon, quindi si sta accoppiando con una sua simile.