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Academic conference on 'Love and Sex with Robots' abruptly cancelled after being declared illegal
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| October 21, 2015, 7:40 AM PST
| Hope Reese
Posted on 10/21/2015 9:42:52 AM PDT by 100American
The idea for the conference was sparked when Cheok and Levy, two academics interested in robotics, met several years ago and realized they had goals in common. Levy, author of Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships, focuses on the brain, the software side, and the algorithms of humanoid robots. Cheok researches the hardware side from an engineering view, looking at multi-modal interfaces including communication by touch, taste, and smell. These areas of study, Cheok said, will be important in the future of robots. "A lot of the technology that's incubating in my lab will be integrated with robots in the future, especially with humanoid robots. I'm developing hardware that would be used in robots that will become our friends and lovers and even sexual partners."
Cheok and Levy began to collaborate. A few years ago, they held a small workshop on love and sex with robots in London as part of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour's annual meeting. It's the oldest AI society in the world. "We were surprised how many people were interested," Cheok said. "They came from Japan, Europe, USA—they were interested in technology, ethics, and more."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bizarre; moralabsolutes; progressives; robots; sex
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To: 100American
My robot smells like fish.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:09:23 AM PDT
by
printhead
(Standard & Poor - Poor is the new standard.)
To: pgkdan
Look on the bright side. Mightn’t be as much paedophilia amongst certain ‘religious leaders’ who are charged with remaining celebrate, yet fail, and amongst other perverts. Though using robots to satisfy their lusty desires would still be a sin, the sin of idolatry, at least fewer children would be damaged.
To: muir_redwoods
At least until robots become capable of procreating via DNA. Then we might get a scenario like unto the “sons of God” in Genesis. Mighty men, sons of men and robots! (How’s that for dystopian futurism.)
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:12:10 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: 100American
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:14:12 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag necessary?)
To: Yo-Yo
I was just about to post that photo!
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:15:26 AM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: 100American
Hey kids, I've got an invention you might want to invest in
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:16:34 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
To: printhead
LOL!!!
You almost owe me a keyboard!
CSA - Coffee Spew Alert!
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:18:52 AM PDT
by
100American
(Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
To: discostu
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:33:57 AM PDT
by
itsahoot
(55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
To: McGruff
Malaysia wouldn't hit it.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:35:06 AM PDT
by
sparklite2
(All will become clear when it is too late to matter.)
To: 100American
What happened to blow up dolls? :-)
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:40:26 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: Georgia Girl 2
Requires too much use of the dormant muscle keeping their ears from slamming together...
You know, Progessive...
Don’t Think, it makes your head hurt...
Take Obamanex and sleep....
Dead and permanent sleep, sleep, sleep...
Wake Up!
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:43:35 AM PDT
by
100American
(Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
To: discostu
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:45:19 AM PDT
by
catbertz
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
“”Nor Muslim demand for robotic goats...””
Couldn’t fit in enough RAM.....
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:50:01 AM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah)
To: prisoner6
To: Army Air Corps; KC_Lion; TADSLOS; Lazamataz
When they came for the robosexuals I did not care. For I am pixelsexual...I like hot Skyrim chicks...
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posted on
10/21/2015 12:21:25 PM PDT
by
Norm Lenhart
(Embrace "Existential Cage Theory")
To: muir_redwoods
Woody Allen’s orgasmatron....
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:27:27 PM PDT
by
gundog
(Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
To: gundog
Woody Allen’s orgasmatron....
Wasn't that in Barbarella?
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:51:11 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: 100American
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:53:04 PM PDT
by
x
To: x
Things will be very different by then, and we have work to do Today to make sure we area different country by then...
If we do not then we will cease to exist, at least as we were founded to be...
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:56:33 PM PDT
by
100American
(Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
To: prisoner6
Lol. That didn’t take long
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:30:23 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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