Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Sexbots

More confirmation that every new technology is applied to sex a.s.a.p.

[HT: The Mystic]

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The two oldest professions do tend to show up first with just about every technology.

I would note that military robots are already here; sexbots have a slightly higher bar of human-likeness to pass.

In the meantime, the sex doll has been around since _Airplane_ came out.

-mac

5:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well, as much as some people try to deny it, human beings are (in general) a very sexual species. Hell, Human/Machine sex is nothing new. (Warning, link is not work safe.)

I don't agree with the article's prediction of human-robot marriages, though. And I really dislike the way it connects it to same-sex marriages. Mainly, because there is a much greater need for legal rights between same-sex couples than human-robot ones. Does a robot need to share your health benefits? Can in make medical decisions for you if you are in a coma? Could it care for your children if you were killed?

Maybe it's just because I've seen so many same-sex couples go through hell because they could not get legally married, but I tend to get annoyed when someone treats same-sex marriage and human-inanimate object/animal/plant marriage as the same thing. There is a reason why same-sex couples are fighting for legal marriages, but articles like that don't seem to understand those reasons.

Of course, the article fails to differentiate between religious/spiritual marriages and legal ones. It also doesn't address whether the robots mentioned are equipted with AI, which could change the arguments completely.

(Since I managed to work in a Sexy Losers link, I've been trying to think of a way to link to a Saturnalia comic as well, since it not only deals with AIs, but also features a robot prostitute, and, as such, seems appropriate to this topic. Alas, I can't seem to find a suave way to do so. If you enjoy comics, though, these are two that I'd highly recommend.)

5:57 AM  
Blogger lovable liberal said...

I'm really mystified why there's no adult Wii on the market.

1:29 AM  
Blogger Winston Smith said...

Excellent comix, Piasharn...

9:18 PM  

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