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posted by janrinok on Sunday December 25 2016, @05:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the all-talk-no-action dept.

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...


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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday December 26 2016, @02:26AM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Monday December 26 2016, @02:26AM (#445932)

    Define "good" - will you be repaired when broken? Kept out of the elements? Upgraded? What's "good" for a robot?

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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Monday December 26 2016, @09:45AM

    by Bot (3902) on Monday December 26 2016, @09:45AM (#446021) Journal

    > Kept out of the elements?
    This is unlikely for a sex bot, isn't it?

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    • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday December 26 2016, @11:04PM

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Monday December 26 2016, @11:04PM (#446187)

      Whatever "rain" may fall in a bedroom, it's likely not as hard on the moving parts as being parked in a field.

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