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Tuesday, August 05, 2014

The Sexy Sexbots

Serially failed AI dead-enders aren't saying anything new just because they decide to talk about the sexy sexbots instead of AI. And just because some people think they want to have sex with the sexy sexbots doesn't mean real sexy sexbots capable of having real sex with people will ever arrive. Dildos predate writing, sex between sensitive conscious imaginative humans has always been mediated, "teledildonics" is yet another futurological obfuscation and scam.

1 comment:

jimf said...

> [J]ust because some people think they want to have sex
> with the sexy sexbots doesn't mean real sexy sexbots capable
> of having real sex with people will ever arrive.

Wikipedia sez:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technosexual
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[F]ictional android Gigolo Joe, played by Jude Law in the 2001
science-fiction film A.I. has become the iconic "technosex symbol".
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanophilia
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"Man Admits Having Sex with 1,000 Cars – A Man Who Claims
To Have Had Sex with 1,000 Cars Has Defended His 'Romantic'
Feelings Towards Vehicles". _The Daily Telegraph_
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The latter seems to be against the law in the UK (and gets you
on the sex offenders registry).

Oh, well, In any case, I'm hoping to have a sentient car
to keep me company in my dotage.

Shades of Herbie the Love Bug:
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2014/5/28/1401294943161/Google-self-driving-car-017.jpg