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RealDoll, after almost 20 years of selling "the world's finest love doll," is developing an animated, robotic, artificially intelligent head that can be switched onto existing RealDoll bodies. The purpose, according to RealDoll's founder and CEO Matt McMullen, is to "arouse someone on an emotional, intellectual level, beyond the physical."
If you haven't heard of RealDoll before, the company makes expensive ($5,000-$10,000, £3,200-£6,400) but very realistic sex dolls. The dolls (which come in male and female varieties) have fully poseable skeletons, silicone skin, and are roughly the same weight and size as a real human. The dolls have interchangeable faces and orifices.
The reality that Westworld and AI imagined decades ago has arrived. What are the ethical implications? Would you be willing to use one?
Original Submission
(Score: 2) by looorg on Tuesday June 16 2015, @02:41PM
As interesting advances in robotics might be there is nothing that is really appealing about buying a super expensive creepy looking fuckdoll. I'm sure realism is relative but there is really nothing realistic looking about them; judging from the photos.
I would rather just wank the old fashioned way and spend my $10k (or 5k) on something else -- alternativly I'd spend $100 on a fleshlight and do something fun with the rest. I'm fairly sure 10k would buy me a fair amount of hooker-time if I was so inclined.
If I wanted to bang a machine that was also intellectually stimulating I'd go visit IBM and fuck Watson.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday June 16 2015, @03:19PM
I'd go visit IBM and fuck Watson.
When i get a visit from IBS, I feel (literally) like fucking sh*t! :(
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