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Web Features: Humans Marrying Robots? A Q&A with David Levy

Posted February 21, 2008 8:39 AM

From Scientific American:

Last year, David Levy published a book, Love and Sex with Robots, which marked a culmination of years of research about the interactions between humans and computers. His basic idea is that, for humans who cannot establish emotional or sexual connections with other people, they might form them with robots. The topic is ripe for ridicule: On The Colbert Report in January, host Stephen Colbert asked Levy, "Are these people who can't establish relationships with other human beings, are they by any chance people who write about love and sex with robots?"

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02/22/2008 12:56 PM

It's called addicted to video games! Many younger folks these days live in a virtual video world. They create their own pseudo reality.

Unfortunately, long term exposure leaves them seriously lacking in real world social skills.

Just my take.

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02/22/2008 1:21 PM

'Convincing simulations' have been among us for years. In fact, I was married to one for 20 years. It was when she lost her ability to simulate, that things fell apart.

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Re: Web Features: Humans Marrying Robots? A Q&A with David Levy

02/28/2008 9:29 PM

Well, for some, they are already spaced out, on cyberland, and all that goes with it.

Having almost lost touch with reality, they would probably spend some money for such a machine.

Not for me, though.

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