In 5 years, people will be having sex with robots

[D1gger]

'In 5 years, people will be having sex with robots'
Human/robot love inevitable, researcher says
Emily Senger, Canwest News Service

Published: Monday, June 23, 2008
EDMONTON - Sex with robots may sound sci-fi, but finding a silicon soulmate is closer to reality than we think, says a British researcher.
Human-like robots with all the working parts will make their way onto consumer markets in the next five years; in 20 years they will become socially accepted; and by 2050 the first human-robot marriage ceremony will take place, says David Levy, the London author of Love and Sex With Robots.


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What say you? Would you have sex with a good looking pile of silicon chips and rubber?

 

[SillyOReilly]

As long as they're programmed to bitch at me so it feels real, I'm in.

 

[GenHoth]

Where's my flying car? I need it to pick up my robot lover from the mall...

 

[George P Burdell]

50 years in the future, ATers will be overclocking robots.

 

[KB]

In 5 years? They are doing it now: NSFW

Not safe for anandtech either

ATOT Moderator ElFenix

 

[ViviTheMage]

lame, no fun in that....

 

[BeauJangles]

Why would you get married to a robot? Seriously. What's the benefit?

 

[darkxshade]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Why would you get married to a robot? Seriously. What's the benefit?

You can turn it off when you don't want to deal with it?

 

[vi edit]

So lets see here.

You can order groceries from home now and have them delivered.
You can buy clothes online and have them delivered.
You can telecommute from home and not enter the office (or just not work and live in your parents basement) without leaving.
And now you can have your own plug in sex slave and not have to leave the house to get some.

Soon enough we'll all be allergic to the sun.

 

[BoomerD]

Is the dammed thing self-cleaning?

 

[invidia]

Originally posted by: darkxshade

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Why would you get married to a robot? Seriously. What's the benefit?

You can turn it off when you don't want to deal with it?

You can beat it without any consequences and it wont leave you. It'll probably be 400% times more efficient around the house. You can probably cheat on it and it will have no feelings about it.

 

[ObiDon]

across the street? that's an awful long way to go just to make out. i'm gonna stay here with my monroe-bot.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Just make sure you're doing it with a REAL Girl Robot!

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: invidia

Originally posted by: darkxshade

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Why would you get married to a robot? Seriously. What's the benefit?

You can turn it off when you don't want to deal with it?

You can beat it without any consequences and it wont leave you. It'll probably be 400% times more efficient around the house. You can probably cheat on it and it will have no feelings about it.

Right, but why legally marry it? There's no benefit whatsoever.

 

[Saint Michael]

Predictions like this make me think of all those prediction's list from the fifties. Idiots.

 

[oddyager]

So is there a maintenance cost or something? Like does it need an annual tune-up? Lube change????

 

[Finalnight]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber

Originally posted by: invidia

Originally posted by: darkxshade

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Why would you get married to a robot? Seriously. What's the benefit?

You can turn it off when you don't want to deal with it?

You can beat it without any consequences and it wont leave you. It'll probably be 400% times more efficient around the house. You can probably cheat on it and it will have no feelings about it.

Right, but why legally marry it? There's no benefit whatsoever.

Married filing jointly?

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: vi edit
So lets see here.

You can order groceries from home now and have them delivered.
You can buy clothes online and have them delivered.
You can telecommute from home and not enter the office (or just not work and live in your parents basement) without leaving.
And now you can have your own plug in sex slave and not have to leave the house to get some.

Soon enough we'll all be allergic to the sun.

Is that when we start snacking on the Eloi?

 

[SillyOReilly]

Better yet, would you put your brain in a robot body?

I'd put mine in an Adrienne Barbeubot

 

[conehead433]

Cherry 2000

 

[Ricochet]

Man, do I have to wait that long? Forget robots. Where is my holodeck?

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: ricochet
Man, do I have to wait that long? Forget robots. Where is my holodeck?

It makes me sad that I won't be around when holodecks are common.

 

[darkxshade]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber

Originally posted by: invidia

Originally posted by: darkxshade

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Why would you get married to a robot? Seriously. What's the benefit?

You can turn it off when you don't want to deal with it?

You can beat it without any consequences and it wont leave you. It'll probably be 400% times more efficient around the house. You can probably cheat on it and it will have no feelings about it.

Right, but why legally marry it? There's no benefit whatsoever.

The same can be said of real marriages

 

[dakels]

Originally posted by: SillyOReilly
As long as they're programmed to bitch at me so it feels real, I'm in.

lol

 

[Jeff7]

"In 20 years they'll be socially accepted."

Right. Good luck with that.



But honestly, I would like to have some sort of "house robot" to do various menial everyday tasks.
I'd also like to have a Gay Deceiver computer system, so I'd never lose anything.

It would also be nice if they'd work on building robots with good manual dexterity, and a significantly improved AI system - that would mean even more automation in manufacturing, such as in fields that require working with fabrics.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
I'd also like to have a Gay Deceiver computer system, so I'd never lose anything.

File that under references I NEVER thought I'd read on a forum!