Sex with robots is “just around the corner”, an expert told a
global conference in London this week featuring interactive sex
toys and discussions on the ethics of relationships with
humanoids.
Sex with robots is “just around the corner”, an expert told a
global conference in London this week featuring interactive
intimacy gadgets and discussions on the ethics of relationships with
humanoids.
“Sexbots” are a staple of science fiction — the idea of robots
as sex partners is explored, for instance, in recent films and
television series like “Ex-Machina” and “Westworld.”
But some specialists believe the first animated lovers made of
metal, rubber and plastic, programmed to provide sexual
bliss, will take a step into reality just months from now.
“Sex with robots is just around the corner, with the first
sexbots coming… sometime next year,” artificial intelligence
expert David Levy told the International Congress on Love
and Sex with Robots at Goldsmiths, University of London.
US California-based company Abyss Creations next year will
start marketing sex robots that are billed as life-like, with the
ability to talk and move like humans.
Ultimately, Levy said, people should entertain the thought of
marriage with robots as early as 2050.
The conference in London showcased some of the latest
developments in robotic intimacy gadgets, such as gadgets which
allow couples to kiss, no matter how far apart they are.
The “Kissenger”, which attaches to your mobile phone,
contains sensors to detect the pressure of a kiss and transmit
it to your partner’s device in real time. It has been under
development for several years.
Now students at Tokyo’s Keio University are developing the
“Teletongue”, aimed at providing “remote oral interaction”
and designed to be “kinky”, according to co-creator Dolhathai
Kaewsermwong.
It allows couples to send licking sounds and sensations
through cyberspace using a “lollipop”, creating an “immersive
experience”, she explained.
– ‘Moral panic’ –
Lynne Hall, of the University of Sunderland’s school of
computer science, in northeast England, said that robots
could create “a fantastic sexual experience”.
“There are lots of benefits to sex with robots… it’s safe, you
never catch any disease, you can control it,” she told the
conference.
She rejected the idea that robots would replace or threaten
sex with humans, however.
“We are somehow fed by moral panic… ‘It’s disgusting…
nobody will ever have sex with a human again’,” Hall told the
conference.
“But people are regularly watching porn… and they are still
having sex with humans,” she said.
Levy, the author of “Love and Sex with Robots”, from which
the annual conference takes its title, said marriage to robots
would be the next logical step.
“As sex with robots becomes more and more commonplace…
we shall come face to face with the very real possibility of
marriage to robots,” the former international chess master
said.
And why not?
Robots of the future will be “patient, kind, protective, loving”,
never “jealous, boastful, arrogant, rude,” Levy said — “unless
of course, you want them to be”.
“All of the following qualities and many more are likely to be
achievable in software within a few decades,” he added.
Levy is convinced that rapid changes in attitudes to sex and
marriage in recent years point to a world where “more and
more people come to accept sex and love with robots”.
– ‘Robot personhood’ –
In his vision, robot parents could become a social norm, with
laws to acknowledge “robot personhood” and make marriage
and parenting by humanoids more than just a fantasy.
“The time is fast approaching when the theoretical debate
must evolve into laws, and the consequences of those laws
will be staggering,” he said.
For now, however, sexual relations with humanoids are a
step too far for many.
Emma Yann Zhang, a PhD student at London’s City University
who worked on the Kissenger prototype, believes there is still
a long way to go before people will accept the idea.
In a pilot study conducted by the Imagineering Institute in
Malaysia, partnered with City University, participants were
asked about their perceptions of sex robots, including the
potential for intimacy and attraction.
Although many were open to the possibility that humans
could be attracted to robots, “when asked ‘would you have a
robot as a lover?’, most of them said ‘no’,” said Zhang.
Hall agrees that the “paradigmatic change” suggested by Levy
is “not going to happen for a very long time”.
In the meantime, AI enthusiasts will be watching closely to
see how quickly the new generation of sexbots fly off the
shelves next year.

source: m.guardian.ng/technology/sex-and-marriage-with-robots-science-fiction-or-new-reality/

It can never replace d original

Man will soon be a threatened specie! Imagine those bots pounding those hoes for as long as four hours non stop ...

Haniel18:
It can never replace d original

which original..u nean cucmber or banana??