Robobridezilla?

Posted by Catfish as BS, Computerz, Tech, humor, science, sexuality, spirituality, survival

David Levy, a British A.I. researcher (and chess champ), wrote in his docturate thesis, “Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners,” that trends in robotics and shifting attitudes on marriage are likely to result in sophisticated robots that will eventually be seen as suitable marriage partners.” The study drew from over 450 sources stemming from areas such as robotics, psychology, sexology, sociology and A.I just to name a few. Levy suggests that the same emotions that people feel for loved ones, for their pets, or even for their, “virtual pets, and even for less animal artefacts — namely computers — will be extended to the area of the robots of the future.” Levy goes as far as to suggest that we will be having sexual relationships with robots in the future as well as he says, “Love and sex with robots are inevitable extensions of our ideas, feelings and practical actions in the framework of relationships. The question is not if this will happen, but when. I am convinced that the answer is: much earlier than you think.”

I guess we had better get ready for a whole new wave of floppy disc and hard drive jokes. The whole scenario has me wondering though if my ex-girlfriend was a prototype that was recalled because they forgot to update her emoticon eproms…it really would explain so much.

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