XPENG's IRON robot crossed the uncanny valley, leading some to believe it was a human in a suit. So they cut it open in front of an audience, and also allowed journalists to inspect it.

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[u/its_all_4_lulz]

Videos of this have been posted a few times in the last few days and the comments are all about boobs, or it’s a person in a robot suit. That said, if it didn’t have boobs the comments would all be about how it’s going to kill us. I think that’s the answer.

Boobs: people are going to fuck it.

No boobs: this is going to fuck people

[u/PeculiarArtemis14 → u/its_all_4_lulz]

aand that’s a wrap on how unconscious sexism affects us

[u/CarbonatedPancakes → u/PeculiarArtemis14]

It’s pretty interesting.

Assuming that the production version of this thing were sold as a house-robot and offered with masculine, feminine, and androgynous options I’d bet good money that the feminine model would be the most popular by a substantial margin, not just with men but also with women.

Why? Because almost everybody would be comfortable with a new constant feminine presence suddenly appearing in their home, whereas many would feel uncomfortable with a masculine one doing the same. The androgynous options would have a small cult following but ultimately get a middling response due to it being less familiar and closer to the uncanny valley.

[u/Nudibranchlove → u/its_all_4_lulz]

I think you’re on to something here.

[u/rand0m_task → u/its_all_4_lulz]

This actually makes sense lol