March 8, 2024

"Saudi Arabia's First Male Robot Touches Female Reporter, Sparks Outrage."

Headline at NDTV.
During its introduction at DeepFest, Muhammad, the first bilingual male Saudi Arabia-made humanoid robot, declared, "I am Muhammad, the first Saudi robot in the form of a man. I was manufactured and developed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a national project to demonstrate our achievements in the field of artificial intelligence."
This isn't just a case of special Saudi Arabian standards of keeping men and women apart. The Muhammad robot grabs her by the buttock:

39 comments:

Limited blogger said...

Looks like Disney animatronics, only worse.

rhhardin said...

She was asking for it.

Kate said...

Just a pat, ma'am. The hand would need to flex for a grab or pinch.

Or she was invading his personal space. A nudge to get her to back off.

That was hilarious.

RideSpaceMountain said...

According to Muslim tradition, they are now android and wife.

Narayanan said...

did Saudi robot train with book of Trump thoughts

PM said...

....SPARKS FLY would've been more charming.

Narayanan said...

Muhammad may have wanted to shake hand + reporter positioned wrong place way

does this mean you can make a likeness of Prophet?

Heartless Aztec said...

It's got "Game". Chateau Heartiste nods approvingly.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

I'm with Limited, it is like the old Hall of Presidents-era robotics. Crude. And I'll add that "grabs her by the buttock" is quite exagerrated. More like "barely taps her buttock" IMO.

MadisonMan said...

"Sparks outrage" Okay. I think a little overstating to say the robot grabbed her buttocks. From my view, it raised its arm and she was standing too close.

Lilly, a dog said...

Number 5...is alive!

At least he didn't go for the dude. That would have really ruffled their keffiyehs.

wordsmith said...

I'd have been more impressed if he'd raised his hand to sniff his fingers.

GuyFromNH said...

"I, for one, welcome our new Saudi robot overlords."

Aggie said...

Yeah. There's a Mohamed somewhere in the background with a radio controller and a joystick, if you ask me.

Bob Boyd said...

He's a crazy, mixed-up kid, that robot, but I like him.

n.n said...

The masculine robot is transphobic, obviously. Next time touch the male's buttocks.

Narr said...

Dress like an infidel slut, get treated like an infidel slut.

gspencer said...

Muslims are given explicit instructions/permission - by Big Mo himself - that they can touch/rape non-Muslims women (includes robotic derivatives) and treat them as booty/slaves. That instruction was carried out to the letter, using Big Mo's love letter, the Qur'an, in the October 7th blood bath/lust by the Muslims.

Darkisland said...

I thought if it was a presstitute they let you grab them?

John Henry

Tom T. said...

I thought Islam forbade the creation of human likenesses? My guess is that that robot is actually a guy in makeup.

tommyesq said...

the first bilingual male Saudi Arabia-made humanoid robot

That is a pretty highly qualified "first."

tommyesq said...

Less creepy than the animatronic Biden-bot that keeps sniffing young girls' hair.

Ignorance is Bliss said...

MadisonMan said...
From my view, it raised its arm and she was standing too close.

Except that it turned its wrist to make contact with the palm side of the fingers. It sensed something there and was intentionally making contact.

Yancey Ward said...

The situation was handled in the normal way- the woman was stoned to death.

Tomcc said...

C'mon man, how could it not?! (Pretty large target.)

SteveWe said...

It's very difficult to maintain a medieval religion in a modern world.

Big pants on the female reporter.

lonejustice said...

At least "he" didn't grab her by the pussy.

The Vault Dweller said...

Blogger Tom T. said...
I thought Islam forbade the creation of human likenesses?


I thought the same thing. I'm assuming like many religious prohibitions it is frequently only observed by the conservative, but isn't Saudi Arabia supposed to represent conservative Islam? I am not certain of the authoritativeness of this, but here is something I found that supports the idea of that prohibition, and even makes it seem that the creation of an AI governed robot would be even worse.

I.The prohibition on statues is not just the matter of fiqh; it goes beyond that to the matter of ‘aqeedah, because Allah is the Only One Who has the power of giving shape to His creation and creating them in the best image. Making images implies that one is trying to match the creation of Allah.

Islam Question and Answer

Tina Trent said...

Thousands of women in Saudi Arabia are still being punished with torture, rape, murder, acid attacks, and lifelong imprisonment for using the internet to protest the treatment of women, or not wearing appropriate clothing, or angering their male relatives, who are rarely charged or go free soon after killing their sisters, nieces, aunts, and even mothers. So rhhardin is correct: this is the woman's fault. And she maybe punished severely for it.

Maybe Doritos can then make the male robot their spokesperson.

KellyM said...

Blogger Heartless Aztec said...
"It's got "Game". Chateau Heartiste nods approvingly."

LOL A Saudi PUA - who knew?

Iman said...

May that buttock be firm, inshallah!

I anticipate a declaration of a robotic chubwa soon.

BarrySanders20 said...

Who says Muslims have no sense of humor?

n.n said...

At least "he" didn't grab her by the pussy.

Not without her consent, no. It's a gender thing: boys chase girls chase boys with equal rights and complementary in Nature.

n.n said...

AI "Barney Frank a la Joe Biden" Robot... Google time.

Narr said...

I notice that the she-bot looks like an inflatable and stays silent.

A model Muslima.

Mason G said...

During its introduction at DeepFest, Muhammad, the first bilingual male Saudi Arabia-made humanoid robot, declared, "I am Muhammad, the first Saudi robot in the form of a man."

So- the robot states that it was created "in the form of a man", but the reporter calls it a "male robot"?

Sounds about right.

JAORE said...

If you are a Saudi robot they let you grab 'em by the azz.

The Polish robot sniffs your child's hair.

RMc said...

The Muhammad robot grabs her by the buttock

At least he didn't ask her to open the pod bay doors.

Temujin said...

Are we sure it's not a human made up to look like a robot.
I hear hiring humans who look and act like robots are all the rage.

I'm waiting until we get robots that move like humans who were made up to look like robots that were developed to replace humans. I'll buy one of those.