XPost: alt.support.childfree   
   From: steverush1@cox.net   
      
   On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 22:08:31 +0000, The Dave© wrote:   
      
      
   > Can they be programmed to mimic kids?  You know, running, screaming,   
   > etc.?   
      
   I dimly recall a science fiction story about a future in which you need a   
   license to procreate.  The prime test for this license is living with a   
   robot toddler for a year.  At the end, when the formerly baby-rabid   
   couple have withdrawn their application, we find that the robot isn't an   
   AI, as the applicants were told.  It is in fact, a teleoperated   
   machine whose hidden operator is trying his malevolent best to get the   
   prospective parents to change their mind.   
      
   We could really use some robo-brats.   
      
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