The Dude’s High 5s: Artificial Buddies

I don’t know about you, but I really want a robot companion.  In most media robots are portrayed as evil.  However, there are some that work for the forces of good … or at least less evil.  Be it an artificial intelligence or a full bodied robot, I want one.  These are the 5 I would take.

5. R2D2 (Star Wars)

3PO is the friendlier of the two, but R2 is less of a snooty dick.  R2 does lose a few points because he doesn’t speak English, but makes up for it in moxie.  He’s like the ultimate Swiss army knife and has more gadgets than Adam West’s Batman.

4. Terminator (T2)

This would be a shaky alliance.  Probably due to the fact that I would always be wondering if he would go haywire and murder me in my sleep.  I guess him being programmed to kill and stronger than 10 bodybuilders on angel dust, me being asleep wouldn’t matter much.  Hopefully his rewiring would hold and I’d have a automated murder machine to assist me in my endeavors.

3. Teddy (A.I.)

Teddy is a P-I-M-P Pimp!  He’s more of a chick magnet than Rohypnol.  With his deep baritone and pleasant demeanor, Teddy would be a awesome to hang out with.

2. Gerty (Moon)

Gerty is less of a robot and more of an operating system.  However, I would love a smart house with him as my butler … kind of like Tony Stark’s Jarvis.  Gerty seems to genuinely care about whomever is in his care, and will lie, cheat, and steal to protect them.  He’s like the antithesis of Hal.

1. Bender (Futurama)

Bender is kind of a jerk, there’s no doubting that.  However, he’s a lot of fun to be around.  If my high school days taught me anything its that jerks can be forgiven as long as they are entertaining.   Also, like a lot of my high school friends, Bender runs on alcohol.

So what non-hostile robotic friends would you folks want to chill with?