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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4714135.stm

Actually, it's not that different from the Hall of Presidents. I don't get why people are excited.

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Because these androids have an AI installed in them and they can actually interact with people and are controlled by their programming.

The Hall of Presidents robots run the same speeches and programs every show and do not respond to touch or sound and are remotely controlled by humans.

I just hope that if and when these androids become commonplace, that we learn the lesson of "Matrix: The Second Renaissance"...basiclaly, an advanced enough AI would let the machine be self-aware with some emotional response, and at that point of sentience, they would deserve basic rights...in M:TSR, they denied the machines' rights and look what happened....