Posted on 10/14/2007 5:46:58 PM PDT by sinanju
"Humans could marry robots within the century. And consummate those vows.
"My forecast is that around 2050, the state of Massachusetts will be the first jurisdiction to legalize marriages with robots," artificial intelligence researcher David Levy at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands told LiveScience. Levy recently completed his Ph.D. work on the subject of human-robot relationships, covering many of the privileges and practices that generally come with marriage as well as outside of it.
At first, sex with robots might be considered geeky, "but once you have a story like 'I had sex with a robot, and it was great!' appear someplace like Cosmo magazine, I'd expect many people to jump on the bandwagon," Levy said.
The idea of romance between humanity and our artistic and/or mechanical creations dates back to ancient times, with the Greek myth of the sculptor Pygmalion falling in love with the ivory statue he made named Galatea, to which the goddess Venus eventually granted life.
This notion persists in modern times. Not only has science fiction explored this idea, but 40 years ago, scientists noticed that students at times became unusually attracted to ELIZA, a computer program designed to ask questions and mimic a psychotherapist.
"There's a trend of robots becoming more human-like in appearance and coming more in contact with humans," Levy said. "At first robots were used impersonally, in factories where they helped build automobiles, for instance. Then they were used in offices to deliver mail, or to show visitors around museums, or in homes as vacuum cleaners, such as with the Roomba. Now you have robot toys, like Sony's Aibo robot dog, or Tickle Me Elmos, or digital pets like Tamagotchis...."
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Sure makes computer programing sound like a lot more fun.
The Onion?
HAD to be the Onion.
"This is old news."
-- Tipper Gore
Humans could marry robots within the century. And consummate those vows.
Marry? Costco has a great return policy.
Yes! “Cherry 2000” was one of my all-time favorite sci-fi B-movies of the Eighties.
Perhaps Melanie Griffith’s finest moment as a leading lady.
Lot of good actors paying their dues: “Trancers” (Linda Hunt), “Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared Syn,” “Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone” (Molly Ringwald & Peter Strauss), “The Ice Pirates” (Angelica Huston & Robert Urich).
But that aside, this is a serious issue, Re: “AI.”
There won’t be any of us left if this comes to pass.
Al baby behave you have not been suspended since the last time just move along
Do robots get headaches?
Great picture! What movie were they in??!
A similar thread was up last week.
Just think, bad smoking habit or others, just reprogram her(him).
A hundred years from now, only robots will marry. Humans will consider marriage obsolete.
What movie was that from? Matt Helm?
austin powers
austin powers. they are fembots
Why not? If two individuals of the same sex can “marry” each other. The door is open for anything and everything.
Just how would this be different from sex with my wife? .lol.
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