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Romantic human-robot relationships are no longer the stuff of science fiction – researchers expect them to become reality within four decades.
And they do not mean simply, mechanical sex. “I am talking about loving relationships about 40 years from now,” David Levy, author of the book Love+sex with robots, said at an international conference held last week at the University of Maastricht in the south east of the country.
“… when there are robots that have also emotions, personality, consciousness. They can talk to you, they can make you laugh. They can … say they love you just like a human would say ‘I love you’, and say it as though they mean it …”
Robots as sex toys should already be on the market within five years, predicted Levy, “a sort of an upgrade of the sex dolls on sale now”.
These would have electronic speech and sensors that make them utter “nice sounds” when a human caresses their “erogenous zones”.
But to build robots as real partners would take a bit longer, with conversation skills being the main obstacle for developers.
The post became tiresome around post ten.
Nevertheless, I’ll say that Paris Hilton proves such bots already exist
#20–Mustard, the opposition to death with dignity is in the main christian religious based. Bashing religious types for interfering with the right to die with dignity should be expected as it is deserved. If you are against right to die, you are a nutbag fundie, if you are for it then you are a Nazi. Political speak in the trenches. Decalring Godwin’s Law in the latter case, and Mustard Sauce in the former are both inaccurate as the exception to the rule is adequately met given the close connection of the characterization with the subject matter.
I don’t see how this blog encourages your complaint other than by posting the original articles? Do you really want nutbag cases to be “balanced” by announcement of cake-sales and orphanage openings? Seems to me there would be enough of that “in church.”
The problem with too many bible thumpers is that they think they are being abused if the religion is not being praised 24/7. or worse they are being discriminated against if they are prohibited from forcing their garbage on other people thru the authority/tax revenues of the Federal or State government.
>>Mustard, the opposition to death with dignity
>>is in the main christian religious based.
Bobbolina, please do not confuse “Roman Catholicism” with “Christianity”.
Many Christians are strong supporters of the right to die with dignity.
How would you like it if every post on here said “ethnic cleansing, genocide, mass murder, and hate crimes are in the main Atheism-based”?
Give it a rest with your stereotyping already, will you? Do you think all people of African descent spit watermelon seeds?
Bigotry does not become you.
#23–Mustard–nice try, and probably honest on your part but totally wrong. The opposition to death with dignity comes from christian doctrine. That statement is true and does not imply that all christian sects adhere to it. Roman Catholics allow for withdrawal of artificial life support so your statement is doubly wrong. To be fair, yes, catholics do not support active euthanasia which is part of the death with dignity philosophy.
I don’t know why religion just doesn’t concern itself with what it or its own members/adherents do and why they cause such trouble by trying to force their beliefs on others thru opertion of law.
Its simple–don’t believe in death with dignity==suffer for as long as you think god wants you to. Leave the rest of us the fuck alone.
Argument is the same, but more complicated for most of the conflicts between religion and reason.
>>Leave the rest of us the fuck alone.
Words to live by, for all faiths, including Atheism.
>>Argument is the same, but more complicated
>>for most of the conflicts between religion
>>and reason.
If you think religion and reason are mutually exlusive, you’re even dumber than you look.
Mustard said: Bobbolina, please do not confuse “Roman Catholicism” with “Christianity”.
So, are you Matthew and Luke kind of guy: He who is not with me is against me.
Or are you a Mark kind of kind of guy: Whoever is not against us is for us.
Less arguing, more robot fucking plz
#26 – Cubie
I’m my own kind of guy:
As long as what I’m doing doesn’t have an impact on your life, leave me the fuck alone.
Spicy, huh? Now that’s good mustard.
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” – Bertrand Russell
Religion vs Reason is a commonly used dichotomy. Of course you don’t “like” it.
You are correct, bobbo. DU is not and never has been a ‘tech blog’
#28: Unfortunately, many religious types try to inflict their beliefs on others. If they would just stay out of government, stay out of the schools, stay out of science and all the other places where religion doesn’t belong and especially stop abusing children, mentally and physically, and this will be a better world.
Back to Robot Sex. I’m not sticking my dick into any machine that’s running a Microsoft operating system. There, started a whole NEW “religious” controversy.
Electro Gonorrhea: The Noisy Killer
Would a sex robot’s OS be “Lay-nix”?
J/P=?
Is it prostitution if you buy sex from a hooker robot? I can see them now with their slot machine-like bill accepters and coin slots lined up on against a wall like coffee and candy machines.
So many questions…
Will they have to have condom machines attached? Will you have to pay extra or do they come included in the price?
Then there are the juke box models where you pick the music she/it plays on your…
OK, time for a shower.
Wow! I was just going to comment that I’ll believe these sex bots right after I’ve got my personal HAL 9000.
But, it was much more interesting reading Bobbo and Mustard….
When I first saw Sleeper I thought an Orgasmatron would be great. But in the end I really wanted a young Diane Keaton instead.
I think I’ll pull out some of those robot babe flixs==Cherry 2000, SIMONE, must be a few others.
My favorite porn is Vampire based but maybe I should look into robot based porn?
Its very hard to believe an actual women would enjoy what current porn actresses say they can’t get enough of, but totally credible coming from a “lay-nix” system, even with its negative connotations.
I’d avoid the “lay-nix” system and go for the more descriptive programs.
Was it Cherry 2000 or some other end of the world robot female picture where our alter-ego’s pic the “real woman” over the adoring fem-bot? Not very realistic. We all want to be treated as gods.
#19 – & Queers
>>Now Mustard has turned into a
>>condescending pontificator calling everyone
>>“son”
Not everyone, son. Just pre-pubes like yourself who post on dvorak dot org slash blog in between bouts of WoW and jerking off to xnxx dot com.
Don’t worry. You’ll be a grown-up some day. And we all hope that you drop the shitty Lenny Bruce impersonation.
TIA.
Good Grief! So now it’s porking robots. Congratulations you have officially reached a new low.