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The Future of Love and Sex - Robots
nem75 writes "The New York Times has a review of British AI researcher David Levy's book 'Love and Sex with Robots'. He claims that within a span of about 50 years the day will come when people could actually fall in love with life-like robots. While this may seem far fetched at first, he has some pretty interesting views. 'He begins with what scientists know about why humans fall in love with other humans. There are 10 factors, he writes, including mystery, reciprocal liking, and readiness to enter a relationship. Why can't these factors apply to robots, too?' The case he builds goes much further though, and certainly provides food for thought." Update: 12/14 16:16 GMT by Z : This article is very similar to a discussion we had recently.
I'd rather have my Companion Cube!
=Smidge=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu0TXl15PgU
I count 2, and they're on the front of the chestal area.
Can't wait to get my own Lucy Liu bot!
Sounds pretty meaningless and shalow to me. Sex is a _lot_ more than just 'getting off'.
I love lamp!
Hey Baby, Wanna kill all humans?
I'd much rather have a holodeck, the possibilities are endless!
(That and I already have the sign made to hang over the door that reads:
Scott's Holodeck of Whores: Enter At Own Risque)
Right!
ilovegeorgebush
This just in a member of Slashdot has finally had sex. Stay tuned for news at 10.
I smoked pot once. But I DID NOT inhale. Will you hire me?
well, that's got to be the stupidest question I've ever read. OF COURSE WE DO.
In Soviet Russia jokes are formulaic and decidedly non-humorous.
Only on slashdot would someone consider having sex with a robot as a relationship.
America, Home of the Brave.
Just a random thought here but thinking along the lines of the Futurama reasoning for "Don't date Robots!!!" and mixing in Idiocracy evolution logic two wrongs might make a right. If you give all the stupid people robots to have sex with they can't make more stupid people. Hell for the real stupid people we can just recycle the robots.
A robot must never harm a human, unless "kinky mode" is enabled.
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Well, that's a twist!
"Advice to all future male scientists: be sure you understand the opposite sex, especially if you intend being a computer expert. Otherwise, you may find yourself, like poor Elwood, defeated by a jealous machine, a most dangerous sort of female, whose victims are forever banished--to...
the Twilight Zone."
http://www.tv.com/the-twilight-zone/from-agnes---with-love/episode/12725/summary.html
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
Toss a Teddy Ruxpin speaker into a Real-Doll and I'm good to go!
"...Oh I forgot to warn you. His Arse is a pencil sharpner!"
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
Terrorists can't threaten a country's freedom and democracy. Only lawmakers and voters can do that.
You say that now, but what do you whisper to your iMac in the privacy of your parent's basement?
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
I'll have sex with clones, cyborgs, Replicants and androids. Individually or in groups.
But NO ROBOTS!
Half to draw the line somewhere...
Fifty years? FIFTY YEARS???? I'll be dead, and none of your penises will likely work by then either. Your robot will be feeding you and changing your diaper and reminding you that your great great grandchildren are coming for a visit.
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
Yes, I am a smart ass; it's better than the alternative.
"Hi, I'm Teddy Ruxpin. Can you and I be friends with benefits?"
eww.
Sweet informative mod.
You really need to get out more often. Really.
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
I for one welcome our sex deprived robot overlords...
Shit. We're done for.
I often whisper "You piece of crap why won't you work".
"I only speak the truth"
Karma: null(Mostly affected by an unassigned variable)
It is not possible to waste time drawing a Venn diagram. The action is a reward in and of itself.
The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.
And Bolts!
(P.S. a couple of my favorite Internet authors, Elf Sternberg and DB_Story, have been writing about these types of relationships for years now.)
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
"WHY CAN'T I TURN YOU ON!?!"
As for love... Given how many people cannot tell the difference between a human and a dog,
Look I was drunk, alright?! And the dog came on to me first!
The enemies of Democracy are
I don't know about you, but I'm going to peacefully coexist with robots. I'll drink beer and play video games all day, and not get blamed for a thing!
I think you're a bit confused. Al Gore and John Kerry were robots (although Gore seems to have become a Real Boy recently.) Bush is a badly trained chimpanzee.
Do Androids dream of electric sheep?
Great. New images stuck in my head.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Wow, I think you came up with a replacement for the Three Laws. With those 10 rules, no man will ever be harmed again.
You mean your ex-wife?
Use 'slashdot stuff' in the subject line in any email you send me if you want to get past the spam filter.
So you had a crush on the 2 of 7 of 9?