I’m
in! Enough said! Except I'll be dead. I always miss the fun. This all might sound weird today but it will happen. Our societies acceptance of unique sexual preferences is increasingly becoming broader. Take for instance the new movie released this week called "Lars and the real Girl" - A lonely guy finally meets the
woman of his dreams. Only problem: She's a life-size doll he bought on the
Internet. This isn't any cheap blow up doll either she looks good. He takes her out in public and guess what? Nobody cares! The movie is getting great reviews!
Read on: David Levy’s
article on robots is compelling and has many implications with respect to not only sex
but learning environments of the future, administrative assistants, pets etc.. but again…sex
and adult industry lead the way in new technology and its many uses for the future!...kinky or not!
"My
forecast is that around 2050, the state of
will be the first jurisdiction to legalize marriages with robots,"
artificial intelligence researcher David Levy at the Massachusetts told LiveScience. Levy recently completed his Ph.D. work on the subject of
human-robot relationships, covering many of the privileges and practices that
generally come with marriage as well as outside of it.
At
first, sex with robots might be considered geeky, "but once you have a
story like 'I had sex with a robot, and it was great!' appear someplace like
Cosmo magazine, I'd expect many people to jump on the bandwagon," Levy
said.
The
idea of romance between humanity and our artistic and/or mechanical creations
dates back to ancient times, with the Greek myth of the sculptor Pygmalion
falling in love with the ivory statue he made named Galatea, to which the
goddess Venus eventually granted life.
This
notion persists in modern times. Not only has science fiction explored this
idea, but 40 years ago, scientists noticed that students at times became
unusually attracted to ELIZA, a computer program designed to ask questions and
mimic a psychotherapist.
"There's
a trend of robots becoming more human-like in appearance and coming more in
contact with humans," Levy said. "At first robots were used
impersonally, in factories where they helped build automobiles, for instance.
Then they were used in offices to deliver mail, or to show visitors around museums,
or in homes as vacuum cleaners, such as with the Roomba. Now you have robot
toys, like Sony's Aibo robot dog, or Tickle Me Elmos, or digital pets like
Tamagotchis."
In
his thesis, "Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners," Levy
conjectures that robots will become so human-like in appearance, function and
personality that many people will fall in love with them, have sex with them
and even marry them.
"It
may sound a little weird, but it isn't," Levy said. "Love and sex
with robots are inevitable."
Sex
in 5 years
Levy
argues that psychologists have identified roughly a dozen basic reasons why
people fall in love, "and almost all of them could apply to human-robot
relationships. For instance, one thing that prompts people to fall in love are
similarities in personality and knowledge, and all of this is programmable.
Another reason people are more likely to fall in love is if they know the other
person likes them, and that's programmable too."
In
2006, Henrik Christensen, founder of the European Robotics Research Network,
predicted that people will be having sex with robots within five years, and
Levy thinks that's quite likely. There are companies that already sell
realistic sex dolls, "and it's just a matter of adding some electronics to
them to add some vibration," he said, or endowing the robots with a few
audio responses. "That's fairly primitive in terms of robotics, but the
technology is already there."
As
software becomes more advanced and the relationship between humans and robots
becomes more personal, marriage could result. "One hundred years ago,
interracial marriage and same-sex marriages were illegal in the United States
Interracial marriage has been legal now for 50 years, and same-sex marriage is
legal in some parts of the states," Levy said. "There has been this
trend in marriage where each partner gets to make their own choice of who they
want to be with."
"The
question is not if this will happen, but when," Levy said. "I am
convinced the answer is much earlier than you think.
"Humans
are very unusual creatures," Arkin said. "If you ask me if every
human will want to marry a robot, my answer is probably not. But will there be
a subset of people? There are people ready right now to marry sex toys."
The
main benefit of human-robot marriage could be to make people who otherwise
could not get married happier, "people who find it hard to form
relationships, because they are extremely shy, or have psychological problems,
or are just plain ugly or have unpleasant personalities," Levy said.
"Of course, such people who completely give up the idea of forming
relationships with other people are going to be few and far between, but they
will be out there."
Ethical
questions
The
possibility of sex with robots could prove a mixed bag for humanity. For
instance, robot sex could provide an outlet for criminal sexual urges. "If
you have pedophiles and you let them use a robotic child, will that reduce the
incidence of them abusing real children, or will it increase it?" Arkin
asked. "I don't think anyone has the answers for that yet—that's where
future research needs to be done."
Keeping
a robot for sex could reduce human prostitution and the problems that come with
it. However, "in a marriage or other relationship, one partner could be
jealous or consider it infidelity if the other used a robot," Levy said.
"But who knows, maybe some other relationships could welcome a robot.
Instead of a woman saying, 'Darling, not tonight, I have a headache,' you could
get 'Darling, I have a headache, why not use your robot?'"
Arkin
noted that "if we allow robots to become a part of everyday life and bond
with them, we'll have to ask questions about what's going to happen to our
social fabric. How will they change humanity and civilization? I don't have any
answers, but I think it's something we need to study. There's a real potential
for intimacy here, where humans become psychologically and emotionally attached
to these devices in ways we wouldn't to a vibrator."
Levy
is currently writing a paper on the ethical treatment of robots. When it comes
to sex and love with robots, "the ethical issues on how to treat them are
something we'll have to consider very seriously, and they're very complicated
issues," Levy said.
Levy
successfully defended his thesis Oct. 11.