Techno-futurists have a pitiful track record when it comes to predicting technology and the future. Raymond Kurzweil says that computers will exceed the brains capacity to compute by 2015 and that we’ll even have spiritual machines. Spiritual machines? Isn’t that an oxy moron? So, will sexbots go the way of intergalactic travel , magnetic hover cars, and climate-control systems?
You are aware of the sexbot concept aren’t you? Admitting it does mean you agree with it!
Futurists believe that programmable robots that provide sexual companionship are likely to be commonplace in the 21st century. And David Levy lays out his vision in his book, “Love and Sex With Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships”. How is it that a 62-year-old British chess master, turned artificial-intelligence expert, that Levy is has become persuaded that robot sex can brighten the lives of many, many unhappy people.
“Chess” and “sex” aren’t words that normally share the same sentence! This gives a whole new meaning to 2012 Final Fantasy.
Meanwhile, sexually- transmitted diseases might fall, along with teen pregnancy, abortions, pedophilia, prostitution and Viagra prescriptions. The divorce rate might plummet as well, since Sexbots could keep marital partners happy. The affair itself might become outmoded. Why take the risk when your sexbot is waiting to meet your needs? ”
Yes, ther are moral questions here, but since when has that ever stopped entrepreneurs from going afer the money?
In a world where human cloning is gaining notoreity, and harvesting organs is not out of the question, why would sex with robots seems strange? So, who are the entrepreneurs to jump on this money maker that could put prostitutes out of business? Sexbots most probably will come from the sex-toy industry rather than, say, MIT. Already a Japanese sex-doll manufacturer has announced plans to market a doll with electronics in it, and Japanese companies are working to produce sex robots for people living in outlying fishing villages.
Who would have thought those in outlying fishing villages would need such? Not me!
While the contemporary media is reluctant to talk or write openly about sex, unless it’s Presidential of course, or a sex scandal that will sell the news, the interent is alive with not just sex but PORN GALORE! The internet has liberated sex from XXX-rated movie theaters to where it’s the third biggest money-maker online, after e-trading and shopping. It’s hard to kill the “shopping habit” you know!
Just think of all the other industries and habits that would be affected by sexbots Both good and bad): sexually transmitted diseases might fall, along with teen pregnancy, abortions, pedophilia, prostitution and Viagra prescriptions. The divorce rate might plummet as well, since Sexbots could keep marital partners happy. The affair itself might become outmoded. Now there’s a positive moral point!
All speculation of course, but whatever your moral convictions might be, technology just won’t be stopped. But, this gives a whole new meaning to the ontological arguments we’re previously debated.
Sexbot science and engineering is well underway and many will be competing for the money that’s sure to come in to reimburse the inventors for their hard earned efforts.
