Am I turning into a cranky old man or is this some creepy ass shit?

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/melania-trump-robot-humanoid-robot-white-house-video-rcna265192

" #MelaniaTrump walks side by side with humanoid #robot at #WhiteHouse summit

...pitched a vision of the future in which robots serve as educators who teach students about philosophy and art

...focused on #AI and #education, the first lady spoke to 45 female world leaders about the potential benefits of the #technology in the lives of young people, including through AI humanoid educators"

🤮🤮🤮

@benroyce

Melania's the one on the left, yes?

Oh, hang on, just got to the bit where it talks — the robot speaks much better English.

@mmalc @benroyce No, the robot is the one on the right.
Push a button and you can program it to say stoopid sh*t like, “I really don’t care do you?”

The figure on the left had a stroke several months ago, but with lots of patient rehab it learned to walk again. Doing pretty well I’d say.

@grammasaurus @mmalc

i remember that

@benroyce @mmalc Back in the good old days when we thought we were close to hitting rock bottom.

We were so naïve