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Futuristic Sex Robots Now Just "Sex Robots"
High-C writes "With apologies to Futuristic Sex Robotz, the future is here, and her name is Roxxxy. Truecompanion.com has revealed their answer to the Real Doll, and it looks nice. The site is short on details, pictures, pricing info, but wow." NOTE: some of the above links are not work-safe, for many values of work. I stopped by this exhibit today at the AVN Expo (not officially a part of CES, but by curious coincidence scheduled to coincide; the old saw that porn drives tech isn't without merit). Roxxxy, though, was rather unsexily posed on a couch, not moving a bit — downright creepy, in fact.
Um, a vibrator isn't a fake dick. You are thinking of a dildo. Although a vibrator may also be a dildo, not all dildos are vibrators. A vibrator is something that ...vibrates. it can be any shape.
Um...does this post make me a sex toy nazi?
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I feel presumptuous making a suggestion. But you opened the door, I'm just walking through.
I highly recommend using a proper lube instead of lotion. I like a water/glycerin/glycol product, like Astroglide. I have a (lady) friend who likes petroleum jelly. (Available in a tube if you go this route. I find the tub gross.)
I think you'll find much better lubrication and sensation. As a bonus, with the water based products cleanup is easier.
-Peter
For what it's worth, in the latter robot novels, the three laws were not a set of rules that robots couldn't break, but rather a hierarchy of needs to drive their actions.
Basically, why would a robot want to do anything? Why not just sit there and relax all day?
Psychologist have proposed a hierarchy of needs for people. You get off your ass because you need to make sure you eat and survive. Once you got that you make sure you're safe and comfortable. If you got that you find friends, a mate/fall in love. etc.
Asimov's first robot novel (Caves of steel) did include the three laws as unbreakable laws, but later (robots of dawn, etc) he instead stated that they were the reasons robots even moved or acted. Their AIs were based around wanting to protect humans, once that's done, they want to follow order, and if they got that they want to keep themselves safe. It's their deepest instincts, their reason to be.
It wasn't against the law to make a robot without the three laws. The problem was that nobody knew how to do that and have the brain still be stable. It was stated that it would take over a hundred years to develop non-three-laws AIs from scratch.
So, it's not like they want to do their thing and be resentful about having to obey humans. They might be annoyed at doing things that humans want just like we'd be annoyed at having to eat, breathe, have friends and to never shoot ourselves in the head.
Not saying you don't know this, but it's just a pet peeve of mine. Hollywood seems impervious to this resoning :)
I think that most of us guys have become accustomed to the level of control we achieve with our hand(s). It's a lot easier for a guy to get off without toys. You can make your grip tighter, but women can't make thieir fingers longer and thicker.
I once bought a cheap $25 blowup doll as a gag. I decided to fuck it since throwing it away a virgin (blowup dolls' orfices are sealed with pull-tabs much like the ones on cans) would have been a waste. It was harsh. It was tight but it ended up making my dick all raw, even with a condom on, even in the shower.
What post history are you looking at? I just looked through the recent comments on her profile and couldn't see much mention of gender.
There was this thread and one other post about TSA data exchange specification that mentioned gender along with numerous other data fields. Other than that, it seemed like pretty typical nerdy chatter about malloc() jokes and energy through sewer tunnels.