Posted on 07/14/2018 9:29:17 AM PDT by EdnaMode
The creation of artificially intelligent sex robots that resemble humans has provoked a heated debate about the social and health consequences.
Meanwhile, the market for talking and moving robots made for sexual pleasure is on the rise, with makers from across the world selling them for thousands of pounds.
One implication discussed by experts is their capacity to induce addiction to sex.
Psychological therapist Dr Thaddeus Birchard told Daily Star Online that life-like robots featuring AI could be another outlet for sex addicts to express their compulsion.
Dr Birchard, clinical director of the Marylebone Centre for Psychological Therapies, said a sex addict is comparable to an alcoholic in that they’re seeking escapism.
Although cyborgs might not necessarily increase sex addiction, Dr Birchard said, they serve the same purpose as alcohol for people with drinking issues.
“It would just be another way of expressing sexual activity or addiction,” Dr Birchard, author of Overcoming Sexual Addiction – A Self Help Guide, said.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailystar.co.uk ...
Forget cyborgs. I’m looking to get hooked on an Onira-Tech Reverie.
now sex, the most intimate of human contact, will be abandoned for a machine...
I'm sure many will love this...no more of having to charm a conquest, having to dress up and have a nice dinner and cocktail...
brave new world...
and they can have it...
I'm retreating.
>>Meanwhile, the market for talking and moving robots made for sexual pleasure is on the rise, with makers from across the world selling them for thousands of pounds.
It’s not a flying car, but I guess this is progress. ;-)
Can someone donate a sex robot to Bill Clinton? it might make the women of the world a lot safer.
“Dr Birchard, author of Overcoming Sexual Addiction – A Self Help Guide, said.”
A hands-on guide.
“Meanwhile, the market for talking and moving robots made for sexual pleasure is on the rise,”
A friend wants to know if Amazon has them yet?
Lars and the Real Girl (2007) covers this topic if one wants to delve into it.
Dave’s rent all might.
How many pounds before the warranty is void?
Mojo Nixon had a song about his wife, “vibrator dependent”
Check out Match.com. It’s full of women in their very late 30’s looking for their “soulmate” that want to have kids. Of course the spent the last 20 years being sluts and only concerned with their careers. And now they want an instant sperm donor soulmate. No wonder dudes are banging robots.
>>A friend wants to know if Amazon has them yet?
that would be REAL Amazon Prime!
did you break the seal?
I keep reading that robots and AI will destroy jobs so, at least they will give folks something to do with their spare time...
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