Humans to have robot lovers by 2050
April 1st, 2008, 6:22 am Hobbies Ideas
%26lsquo;She cooks as good as she looks, Ted, says Walter Eberhart in the 1975
movie The Stepford Wives, marvelling at the robot replacement for Ted%26rsquo;s
human spouse. In Blade Runner in 1982 Harrison Ford simply terminates the
pleasure replicant Zhora but ends up running off with another robot %26ndash;
Rachael. The movies have always been big on sexbots, but now they%26rsquo;re coming
to the real world.
Visit the websites of Honey Dolls and Real Doll %26ndash; probably not safe to do this
at work %26ndash; and you will be startled by two things. First, there is the
profound difference between Japanese and American ideals of sexiness %26ndash; Honey
is Japanese, Real is American. And, second, you will be impressed by the
progress we have made in constructing artificial lovers.
Recently, Honey Dolls has even added sensors to its dolls%26rsquo; nipples. The dolls
moan enticingly when they are touched.
That%26rsquo;s the first example of the kind of thing I am talking about, says David
Levy excitedly.
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