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Would you have sex with a robot? Would you marry one? Would a robot have the right to say no to such a union?
These were just a few of the questions being asked at the second Love and Sex with Robots conference hastily rearranged at Goldsmiths University in London after the government in Malaysia - the original location - banned it. It has proved controversial, not only to countries with conservative views.
There were no representatives from the sex industry in attendance and no sex robots on display, leading some to question the point of the event.
RealDolls, a Californian-based firm that makes lifelike sex toys, claimed that it would release an artificial intelligence-enhanced sex doll next year. The launch, if it happens, will be vindication for Dr David Levy, who has long predicted the era of intelligent human-looking robots.
A story for those hoping to find a Fully Integrated Security Technotronic Officer under the tree Christmas morning...
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Francis on Sunday December 25 2016, @07:04PM
It's more likely feminists. Sexbots would require women to bring a lot more to the table if they want to get married. And once married, they couldn't withhold sex as a way of controlling their husband.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday December 25 2016, @07:29PM
Women can be pro-sexbot as well.
As an example, this [someecards.com] French woman who dislikes human contact and declared herself a "robosexual."
Now, we do not see the size of that robot's penis in the article, but we do know that he was 3-D printed by her. We can also see, through careful observation, that she has a mustache and although works at getting rid of it, though to the trained eye she cannot. As a man who has dated a few Italian women, I know this. Now look at her upper lip, closely, and her arm hair. According to articles about her, she feels uncomfortable with human contact.
Women with nasty bodily hair eschew close contact because, although they think they can look good in an image, brushing against that upper lip can reveal some brushiness they do not feel comfortable with even if you do not notice it. Like I said, I dated a few Italian women, so I know. When dealing with hairy women, you have to refer to it romantically, as the old Russians did, as "down*," whether or not it is on their upper lip or running down their lower back.
* the soft feathers of ducklings
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 25 2016, @08:08PM
On the flip side are guys with not enough hair, or worse guys that shave their legs and chest. Also, guys with small penis. Who wants that?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 27 2016, @05:16AM
Its not a small penis, it is a giant vagina!
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday December 26 2016, @12:31AM
Why do you think it'd be nothing but gynoids? :) I have news for you, Frankie: they're gonna make androids too. With mechanical penises that change size, STAY hard, don't spooge before command (or at all), and *vibrate.* How will YOU match THAT? That blade cuts both ways...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by Francis on Monday December 26 2016, @05:33AM
I don't assume they wouldn't have ones for women. Women already have a wide array of toys compared with men. And yet they're the ones that are over eager to get married.
I don't see how this would change that. Robots can't procreate.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 26 2016, @06:43AM
I believe what that particular type of woman is seeking is a credit-card charger. A woman keeps a phone charger for a similar purpose.
(Score: 1) by Francis on Monday December 26 2016, @05:34PM
You'd be surprised. Considering that women are just as likely as men to dump sombody they're dating, but twice as likely to initiate a divorce, it seems fairly obvious that they do a worse job selecting a husband than men do selecting wives.
And keep in mind that women typically won't even see men that aren't at least at their level of success as existing. Hence all the whining about wage gaps that only exist if you ignore the men that don't make much money.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday December 26 2016, @07:13PM
Sounds like someone's speaking from personal experience here.
Frankie, this is gonna sound weird coming from a lesbian but the best thing I can advise you to do is stop putting women on pedestals. We're humans, no better and no worse than you are. That means the majority of women, like the majority of men, are shitty people.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 26 2016, @07:22PM
I'm very much aware that women aren't perfect. But, given society's rather generous freebies given to women, they should be held to a higher standard. After all, for those to whom more is given, more should be expected.
Marriage is a partnership and in too many cases the woman checks out and retains a lawyer before telling the husband. Men occasionally do that, but it's a rarity.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday December 26 2016, @09:59PM
Aaaaaaand this is like reason #927984634532 I'm glad to be a lesbian. Holy. Fuck. With how straight people are constantly tearing one another down along the gender divide I'm just amazed any of you manage to reproduce at all.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Monday December 26 2016, @09:54PM
A credit card *is* a charger.