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[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 3 points 49 minutes ago

> Posts the only video on IG

🖕

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 1 hour ago

Deploy the stompy boots.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

Wow. I hate it. Fuck this guy.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

If I see anything with Zuckerberg's face, I am bailing, "human", robot, dog, whatever

I find him very disturbing on a fundamental level, I can't tell you why but he's scary to me, I would not touch it under any circumstances

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

cuz the dude is robot, and that's the uncanny valley you're feeling.

That or he'sa sleezey creepy billionaire.

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 48 minutes ago* (last edited 47 minutes ago)

even llm has more soul than those

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

We might make robots that are people someday.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Might?

it's almost a certainty.

Just as soon as we get robots that can get stuffed into a woman-like body, it's going to happen. Perverts. they ruin everything.

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 points 46 minutes ago

Nah. We could all die first, move away from rmbodied models of personhood where consciousness is rarely mostly-local, or some of the really weird scifi shit like a soup of mingling utility clouds or something.

[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 18 points 5 hours ago
[–] texture@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

im all for art and stuff, even make some now and then, but i literally hate these things. it would take all my willpower not to stomp those things on site. sick of seeing them. cheers and be well.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 hours ago

Public urinal on legs?

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

dude I want to punt these things so fuckin hard im actually jealous im not their right now.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

If you take the time to actually read the article/watch the video, the dogs are constantly taking pictures in styles of their person, and shit them out onto the floor lol.

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 9 points 8 hours ago

I do not condone the abuse of animals, but I will make an exception with this. Time to put some mutts to sleep via percussive maintenance.

[–] whelk@retrolemmy.com 16 points 10 hours ago

Lol, Beeple.

[–] klu9@piefed.social 69 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Only one response to that:

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 120 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

One, that's nightmare fuel. Two, more weird art like this please.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 44 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FederatedFreedom1981@lemmy.ca 19 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 17 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

They can refuel each other by docking or something. It'll be like that robot thats constantly sweeping the oil into itself and when it stops, it dies.

[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

I thought it died some years back.

[–] FederatedFreedom1981@lemmy.ca 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

They can refuel each other by docking or something.

That's a funny way to spell dicking.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Fun fact: the term docking can refer to one person putting the head of their penis inside of the foreskin of another person.

[–] FederatedFreedom1981@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I guess I'm one of today's lucky 10,000 for this particular factoid.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I didn't know the term, but I wouldn't say I'm "lucky", now.

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[–] homes@piefed.world 13 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, I also feel kind of conflicted about this.

[–] thecaptaintrout@lemmy.zip 21 points 12 hours ago

Absolute nightmare fuel.

Me if I saw one IRL

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 8 hours ago

Surveillance/RoboCop dogs.

[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 12 hours ago

no you don't understand this is literally skibidi toilet all hail

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[–] daannii@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

I realize there are amazing artists with great sculpting skills. But these faces do look like they were made from real face moulds.

Which makes me wonder.

  1. Musk and Zuck agreed to have a mould of their face.
  2. Only these two fools could afford these robot dogs.
  3. Musk already developed remote robot tech.

Conclusion. They both are behind the stunt.

There was a tesla humanoid robot a while back with musks face.

Dude. It's likely them running these robots. Remotely.

Cause they can't go out in public. Cause of the angry mobs.

[–] visnae@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Na, there are great artists out there with a sense for details. Check out Bobby Fingers youtube channel for instance. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKCiTquPMavBqgXgrM9mBg He usually make dioramas with (a ridiculous) commentary, but one time he made Jeff Bezos head as a rowing boat.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Using AI to create a 3D mold from a few photos?

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

Yeah the 3d ai is no where at that level.

Only way to make a good 3d model is 3d scan. You can do that with a regular camera or a fancy scanner. The real work (compiling images) is done on the software.

Still requires person to agree. It takes at minimum 100 photos to get a good model.

But even with a 3d model, you'd have to make a 3d print. Resin would be most accurate. Not filament.

Printed to scale.

Then turn that into a mould. Because you can't use resin moulds.

Then make a support shell mould. Which you would need to make even if mould was made directly from face but it's way easier to do it from a real face. Plus you get fine lines and pores. If you have a really high resolution silicone.

Then also someone skilled, painted it and hand added hair. Each strand is manually added. You can buy hair patches but it looks directly added. Like how it's done on high end doll heads. (But most cheap toy dolls use machines that add clumps at a time. Not single hair. or sew the hair on.)

These must have been incredibly expensive to produce.

Well, expensive for you or me.

Maybe 5k for a head. Assuming a few heads were made. That's what I would guess knowing the labor and materials involved.
If only one head. Maybe more. Since mould making process is expensive.

$6k or 7k maybe? Also more because of the NDA.

Assuming that musk or zuck are the ones commissioning these.

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 points 51 minutes ago

Nobody ever made sculptures before that.

[–] OozingPositron@feddit.cl 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Have you seen Beeple's other work?

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago
[–] PizzaLamp25@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

I feel sorry for the car or truck that runs them over, poor vehicle.

[–] m3t00@piefed.world 10 points 15 hours ago

would be great in a video game. sniper rifle

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