Wednesday, January 2, 2008

No Other Way to Put It: Robosexuality.

From an article about David Levy, author of Love and Sex With Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships, who predicts by the year 2050 humans will be having sex with lifelike robots...

Would Levy himself have sex with a robot? He doesn't have to ponder the question.

"If there was a robot of the sort I describe in the book, I would certainly want to experience using it for sex, and I wouldn't regard it as anything untoward," he said. "I would do it out of curiosity. Not that I have a need for a new sex partner. I'm happily married."

There is plenty "wrong" in this story. But isn't there so much more "right?" I for one am tired of buying a new roll of Reynolds every time I am with a woman. Sure, my grandma assures me I can reuse tin foil, but I just think that's inappropriate.

The problem, I suppose, is programming a robot to want to have sex with you. This will probably be solved by "if then" statements. But be careful with programming "if then loop" statements. You will need to program your robot to understand "if "no", then value=0." But with loop statements, eventually your robot may come to understand that "if "no", then value =/=0" and it will keep trying. It would be a recipe for disaster if your only protection from your robot sex slave is to scream to active the voice recognition "No means value=0!"



An Open Letter to Mrs. Levy:

Dear Mrs. Levy,

Your husband is undoubtedly excited by the prospect of robofucking. If you want to protect your sex life and marriage, I offer you this solution: have the dirtiest sex with him in a jacuzzi. Or the shower. These robosluts can't fuck in water (yet) and this is your only hope right now.

The other solution is to be really absurd in your sex life. Maybe reveal to David mid coitus that you purchased a box of Topps baseball cards that day and that he can't see them.

Now I recognize that these two solutions are somewhat in a servile role to your husband. Your husband is obviously into this (he wants to fuck a robot) and you married him for all these flaws. Start embracing what only humans can do. Use this opportunity to challenge your own concept of humanity. You are not a robot! You are a woman!!!

Sincerely,
Joshua Sherman



Unfortunately, this prediction of sex robots does not help TCRM fan, Data. He wants to feel!!! Even if it is only the sensation of air upon his arm hairs. Dr. Noonien Soong could program him to compute 60 trillion operations per second... apparently, just not enough to compute love.


"Love me love me, communicate that you love me"

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