Praised by CNN and the Wallstreet Journal, Jibo is the world’s first “family robot”. A cheesy, overly sentimental video selling this machine explains exactly how it will spy on your entire family … And it is extremely creepy.
In the cautionary tale that was 1984, telescreens were used by the ruling Party to keep its subjects under constant surveillance, thus eliminating the chance of secret conspiracies against it. Almost 70 years after the release of the novel, telescreens are a reality … and they are going much further than Orwell’s telescreens.
Enter Jibo. Before I go further, I will let you witness its mindbogglingly absurd video selling this product. The first time I watched it, I actually asked myself if it was some kind of spoof or parody. But no. I got confirmation that it was 100% real and that the product is about to ship worldwide. Then a dark, creeping feeling overwhelmed me as I realized the immense potential of this machine. Here’s the ad.
If you are anything like me, watching this video makes me angry : The sentimental, “life is so wonderful” music; The way the fake family talks to the robot as if it was an adopted son; The way it is presented as something “we’ve all dreamed about”. All the while, Jibo is being the family snitch, gathering data about everybody and sending it God knows where.
Then there’s this bachelor dude who comes in and says “Heeyyy buddy” … to a robot. Are you serious? How much fluoride-laced toothpaste do you need to swallow before you start saying “Heeyyy buddy” to a machine? The dude then tells the machine “you know me so well” – he probably doesn’t know the half of it.
Since 2012, there’s been a steady stream of revelations confirming that the NSA and other agencies actively collect information from every single connected device. How is Jibo not a treasure trove of next-level information ready to collected and exploited?
They want you to have an All-Seeing Eye in your home … and they want you to pay money for it.
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165 Comments on "“Jibo the Family Robot” is the Creepiest Product of the Year (video)"
You know what breaks my heart more? Seeing people treating robot with love and respect while treating animals (who are SENTIENT beings) like sh*t. Humanity makes me want to hang myself.
I went to the MIT website to read about Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, Founder & CEO. Before Jibo, she created Kismet, an earlier "social" robot. At the very bottom of the page it tells who sponsored Dr. Breazeal:
"Kismet is sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, the Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation." http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2001/kismet
Yup, the same old Nazi p********s behind all such projects. I can't believe that anyone would willingly allow this type of spying into their houses.
There are people who need help with the bare necessities in this world… like food, water, and shelter. Instead, the rich are promoting a robot that can spy on people?! Why are they not promoting a product that can help people in need, instead of promoting a creepy robot who does absolutely NOTHING!
Why not do both?
I really doubt this toy will go anywhere far though.
The whole robot reality is what's in the agenda. (The movie i-robot)
I really think that people will become so saturated with technology that they will eventually want to disconnect from it.
There's a boundary that people will draw the line.
I think we already reached that point with tablets and the functionality of it. Most likely tablets will have a holographic display one day. Most people will want a one way interaction. Just pressing buttons or keyboards. No one really wants the tablet talking back to us. We speak enough to real people everyday.
That's why anything further than that simple will not work.
They are all just gimmicks.
An all-seeing robot eye to keep as a pet/toy at your home at your own expense of being dehumanized yourself…..I can clearly sense a dreaded future of machines outnumbering man, as I "look ahead" of whats yet to come
If you have a Jibo, don't bother inviting me to your house for ANYTHING!!!! I'm a little spy-shy, if you know what I mean. And people will wonder why nobody comes around for a visit. Duh!
A society whose citizens refuse to see and investigate the facts, who refuse to believe that their government and their media will routinely lie to them and fabricate a reality that is contrary to verifiable facts, is a society that chooses and deserves the police state dictatorship it is going to get.
I feel like I don't need anything whatsoever, exept good food to eat and comfortable clothes to wear, basically. I am happy and content.
Yet, you have these companies that continue to create all these useless products that nobody actually needs.
It is a waste of time and money and resources.
The world remains delusional and dysfunctional. It is baffling to watch and witness this unfortunate and strange reality.
If Jibo can't wash the dishes or do the laundry, then Jibo is a useless joke.
Agreed! Although dishwashers already exist 😉 though I'm sure people would upgrade to one that loads and unloads itself, if given the option.
I still can't believe people are too lazy to call their own takeout, according to this video. I kinda want to see how the guy taking the order on the other end reacts.
I can see people treating Jibo like a pet, or child, freaking out if I kicked it and told it to gtf away from me. "How dare you treat Jibo that way! Get out of here!"
"Funny you say that; I was thinking the same thing when I saw your spybot."
"He's no spybot! He's family! He's better than family!"
Jibo or 几波 in Chinese translates to "Several Waves" in English.
慈母 or "Loving Mother"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwEY600jk5E
Well.. I'm on both sides of this.. Can't seem to find the words to express my feelings… advance is technology and human beings. Do we need tech to advance in this world? Will we one day be able to travel as our neighbors from other planets do? I want best of both worlds. Incredible technology and a spiritual connection with mother earth as she is. Not harming her in the process as we are. Feeding on fossil fuel and burning down every last forest. Making excuses like we are over populating her. We are abusive and greedy and that is why we are not ready for evolution. So sick of the system.
Great article again VC, loving the new layout.
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If they put an "i" in front of it and called it and I-jibo the suckers will buy it….Nope nope nope
Furby 2015
The latest thing to terrify your family or to spoil mercilessly!
I totally agree with that statement davis.
I’ve always said furbys are the spawn of satan…and now we have a robot made by followers of satan. How ironic….
I don't know if anyone commented about the UK show Black Mirror yet ( which…OFCOURSE, is going to made into a US version because I guess some US people must have a hard time watching the original in their English language? Ya I don't get why the keep doing this!!!). Anyways, the show is brilliant and is about our world in various future eras, basically after all of the beast system has come to fruition. It's frightening and scary good! But the Christmas special is about an object just like this Jibo crap, and I'm in awe (maybe even a little suspicious) of how well they called it.
i can't wait to see what happens in 10-15 years!
The proponents of AI/robotics technologies that they believe will supplant flesh and blood humans and animals should be liquidated and their ashes used to fertilize our collective farms…
Looked like a SNL skit to me!!! Lol horrible acting.
I mean what the actual f##k!! I laughed incredulously at this. Are you shittin me? A good belt of a shovel is what the creators of this need…future generations….god love them.
Yay! A spy for my home! It can take video, pictures and follow me around the room. It can record my voice and keep track of my personal messages and when I come and go.
I really hope they come up with extensions that can be placed in every room of the house so that Jibo can follow me into the bathroom and bedroom too!!!
Weeeee! Haveing a robot save is so much fun!
Or….would I be the slave of the robot? mmmmm
Lmfao "follow me into the bathroom"
Jibo: You aren't Regular enough. Perhaps more fiber in your diet will help.
And they will line up out the door to be the first jackass to have one in their home…….are you really surprised? God, the masses are stupid! Lazy parents out there will think it's a great thing too. I dont know whats worse, Spy barbie or this thing….. god help us all! If i ever see a Jibo in a friends home I will certainly take a baseball bat to it!
I was lmao at VC comments in this article this time, lol but no, just creepy and unnecessary.
This jibo thing appears behind the blanket for a split second at 0:56 while the voiceover says "He's an entertainer".
I am not sure exactly what that was about, but it suggested that maybe the people who made this commercial were trying to suggest a sexual relationship between the robot and the human child.
Fugggggg NO! This is insane!
Imagine jibo recording you having sex and sending the video to all your contacts. LOL
TOO MUCH technology is just disturbing .. Great now robots are taking over smh!
Only a blind imbecile would deny all of the magnificent and wonderful things this new gadget has to offer.
HA!
This is what really happened in the last scene right before the little girl went to sleep:
Jibo – "Good night"
Girl – "Good night, Jibo"
Heart shape appears on Jibo's forehead –
Jibo – "I am the devil. I am always watching you "
Girl looks at Jibo and sees a pair of glowing, red demon eyes.
Jibo – "I am Satan himself."
Child destroys Jibo with a baseball bat.
Wtf did I just watch…this is like the robin Williams movie bicentennial man….whoa…or that movie with the kid from the 6th sense..where he's the only remaining "human" when the aliens come and visit earth a.I….I feel scared for my children and my children's children and I'm only 27…
But, I do agree with you about 1984 coming true…..my dad said so himself it is going to happen and he's right. :/
My mother made sure I read both Animal Farm and 1984 when I was in elementary school (about 1975-1976). Ever since then I've been able to see more and more of his "unintentional" (?) predictions come true. It's so very sad that our parents were correct, isn't it? I wish more people would pass these books onto their children so that they may not become part of the sheeple flock.
My mother made sure I read both Animal Farm and 1984 when I was in elementary school (about 1975-1976). Ever since then I've been able to see more and more of his "unintentional" (?) predictions come true. It's so very sad that our parents were correct, isn't it? I wish more people would pass these books onto their children so that they may not become part of the sheeple flock.
Dear goodness!!!!
I'm skeptical that the average American would really want one of these things in their home, but I wouldn't have thought that women would be so eager to take so many easily stolen nude photos of themselves with their cell phone camera, so who knows.
This robot was developed by a person from the MIT Media Lab.
I know for a fact that MIT was involved in stuff related to World War 2 (research, technology, or something like that). I also know that the Athena (linked computers systems) project was one of the things used to bring to fruition the computer networking systems we have today.
Does anyone know anything ELSE coming out of that place that may be related, or about which we should be paying attention?
Are we this lazy??
This is a country of couch potato, grease gulping, TV zombies. So the answer to your question is yes!
YES!
Its amazing the amount of people that say 'oh its ok I don't have anything to hide why would the government care about me?' So as long as you don't pose a threat you're happy to share every single aspect of your life with the world because of course the government doesn't care. Oh wait people already do this it's called Facebook…
Creepy ass robot. Why do they show him reading the part of the Big Bad Wolf in the story the Three Little Pigs? Looks like a real wolf in sheep's clothing to me!
No matter what they can do, there is always an end. The lion of the tribe of Juda is the king, and they know it. looking at them, God laughs because his reign is without end. Thanks God that I have my eyes opened, and also thank you to VC. HELPING THOSE WHO CAN SEE TO SEE. because some people call it superstition since they are so smart.
Yes thank you God for opening the eyes of your people! These are the end times! The devil will try to do anything to distract the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ!
The natural next step to get people to allow everything about them to be tracked and analyzed to see who is fit to live and who needs a "vaccine" .
Windows is bad enough and I hate to use it but need it for some of my work, anything layered on that is too much.
Between Google and Microsoft the job of the NSA is easy throw in Cable and Telecoms and cell towers and their job is almost done.
Microphones in cars that have on-star and cameras everywhere, do you still think you live outside the test tube?
I'm glad VC has once again brought this stuff to our attention. I won't buy this and I'll send our notices to friends about this as well. This is HORRIBLE! It ranks up there with XBox which has a built-in recorder, Samsung TVs have a built-in recording device, that new Barbie that records and talks to your kid and don't forget our cell phones.
This lets us know what NOT to buy.
Thank you VC, job well done!!!
Well this really doesn't surprise me. Everything we do on our devices is already monitored and stored somewhere. New TV's with voice recognition are recording our conversations. Its only a matter of time before we're completely monitored. These are crazy times we are living in, and Its scary to think what the world will be like in 10 years.
Its all part of the divine plan tho. My advice to everybody is to go to Christ while you still have a chance. Time moves by so fast, and in the blink of an eye He'll be back to rescue His church. Besides, life is so much better as a Christian 🙂
I would not trust that thing alone with my kids!!
Every argument a couple has, every private thing they discuss, every time they are intimate, every time they or the kids are getting dressed….jibo records it all. Does the tinkling piano in the background really cause people to not think about all this??
Creepy as hell. Who would buy this?
Jibo – rhymes with Weebo from Flubber and looks like Eve from Wall-E. See, it's harmless and loveable, like all of your favorite characters from movies and cartoons! (SARCASM)
A quote from Henry Kissinger: Today, America would be outraged if UN troops entered Los Angeles to restore order. Tomorrow they will be grateful!
That can more or less apply to this. First people gripe about spying…now the sheeple are willing to pay to be spied on.
It's near impossible to live off the grid, too. Not to be pessimistic, but I would not be surprised to find there are indeed satellites spying on everyone.
I'm pretty much resigned to the notion that they know everyone's rank, file, and serial number. All anyone can do is rely on God for protection and trust Him.
It's only going to get worse.
Creepy as FCK. PedoCam2000 smh
This is something I defo will not buy. It made me angry as well. Can't wait to show this to my friends.
There's even more to this. It's not just the fools that actually buy one of these for their home.
What happens when you visit someone's house (or office, or shop) and they've got one of these surveillance devices operating? I assume it will register you as a new individual and then request more information about you either from you or from the owners (slaves) of the gadget.
What about when you try to call someone who has one? Apparently, it will recognise you and log your call.
Where does it store it's information? In the "oh-so-secure" cloud? How long does it keep that information? I would assume that the manufacturers EULA provides for full access to all your information in order to "improve their service".
Could somebody please stop the planet. I'd like to get off.
Spot on, Jim!
Oh my…
I didn't even THINK of the ramifications when simply calling or visiting a friend with this little piece of plastic machine.
I like the claw hammer comment more n more.
The bedtime story part gave me goosebumps. They are basically telling you that you are going to be buying yourself a whole lot of trouble! You have been warned.