Lover Robots

a month ago i interviewed david levy, who has just written an entire book on the subject! it is discussed here:

http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/04/a-bite-of-stars-a-slug-of-time-and-thou-episode-3/

his basic position is that robot lovers will add to the store of human happiness by providing experienced and passionate bedroom antics to shut-ins and shy people. it was all i could do to be like "uh, hookers?" and before you say that hookers are too expensive i ask you: how much will a satisfying, passionate robot lover cost

I invariably forget to vote in polls here, but this time I immediately put in my vote...for: REPULSION.

Apologies to the members of the ILX Realdoll Crew

don't want gears clampin' on muh dick

now with cyberskin (patent pending)

AAAAAAAAAAAAOW! I feel like...I feel like a SEX MACHINE!

No, a lover robot like in AI, not a fucking Real Doll!

Oh man, that David Levy book looks fun.

total repulsion, see "have you shagged ariane yet" thread

I can see why lover robot would be gross, tho.

Jude Lawbot was the only good part of A.I.

And speaking of, Tombot, what's a bot like you saying only humans are worth fucking? Some double standard!

ew. That Real Doll documentary was on again last night.

I'm actually not a robot I just play one from time to time on the internet

Robot lovers are active, not passive!

Given how gross humans are sometimes, sexually, tho, they could be programmed to be all Max Hardcore and man, that would kill my fucked-up but essentially innocent love of the lover robot.

NOT REALDOLL OR ARIADNE

SEE ABOVE PIC

IT WOULD BE LIKE FUCKING KARFTWERK JA

I know it's not Real Dolls but this thread brought back all the horrid memories.

Robot priapism.

Sorry hon, but I've just had too much diesel to be of service tonight.

his basic position is that robot lovers will add to the store of human happiness by providing experienced and passionate bedroom antics to shut-ins and shy people. it was all i could do to be like "uh, hookers?" and before you say that hookers are too expensive i ask you: how much will a satisfying, passionate robot lover cost

-- Tracer Hand, Saturday, 31 May 2008 07:16 (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Conservative men don't want to pop their mongrel into something potentially contaminated.

I saw the geisha-lookin' animatronics 3.0 ...THING at the Kennedy Center exhibit a couple of months back and it did absolutely nothing for my terror at the concept of fuckable androids

i think this is a fantastic idea that will probably have some horrible consequences. just like actual sex.

Conservative men don't want to pop their mongrel into something potentially contaminated.

this is straight up rong-tronics, proven by science

I'm telling you guys - some room temperature raw chicken skin in a sandwich bag is all you REALLY need.

qualm: it would solely be for the purpose of getting to know the robot's creator

God?

Love in the Time of Robots

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i don't know why you would be repulsed by the idea

cause it's fuckin' gross and terrifying
http://davidbyrne.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/08_17_05_robot_woman_2.jpg
YAAAAAARRRRGH

so gonna happen!

human relatio will never be the same

purple-haired robot gurl from AI was kind of super-cute, it pains me to admit.

Of course, purple-haired robot gurl from AI was in actual fact AN ACTRESS IN A MOVIE, not an actual robot gurl, so prob doesn't count.

simone to thread

IT WOULD BE LIKE FUCKING KARFTWERK JA

I have never a truer typoed truism made.

And Pash OTM but what I am saying is she was a 'robot' in the movie so assuming my AI-stylee conception of lover robot came to fruition, ta-da! It wld be just like that. Ok!

Tracer's is the best point re: cost. I mean look how much fucking AIBOs costed.

See I am not talking crepey J-bot recently debuted above, but like 'platonic lover robot,' which does not exist. Yet.

When I get excited about an unpopular idea, I start explaining myself! A lot! Possibly too much!

;) i'm glad

not too much!

Platonic meaning 'ideal conception of a lover robot,' not 'a lover robot who you think is all gonna fuck you but it turns out she wants to just be friends and you're really 'sweet'.'

word

http://www.videosift.com/video/Futurama-Dont-Date-Robots

Gigolo Joe: I think... you're afraid of letting go. I think you're afraid of happiness. And this is starting to excite me. Are you afraid of seeing the stars... Patricia? I can show you how to reach them.
Patricia: I'm afraid of what you've got under there. May I see what it looks like first?
Gigolo Joe: Is this your first time... with something like me?
Patricia: I've never been with Mecha.
Gigolo Joe: That makes two of us.
Patricia: I'm afraid it will hurt.
Gigolo Joe: Patricia... once you've had a lover-robot you'll never want a real man again. Are these the wounds of passion?

At this point he freaking cricks his neck and music plays!

Patricia: Do you hear that music?
Gigolo Joe: You... are a goddess, Patricia. You wind me up inside. But you deserve so much better in your life. You deserve... me.

Jude Law frickin' brilliant in that role, tbh.

A play was reviewed in today's paper, and this was the headline:

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3824/robotheadline.jpg

I think I need to go see this.

"Robots vs. Fake Robots" by David Largman Murray

oh i just got the subtle joke in the headline... 'mettle' cause robots are made of metal.

Roibots prove they're sexual metal in black comedy

http://i.imgur.com/0oWlc.jpg

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln06c4DmtM1qcfba3o1_500.gif

the NY Times had a big piece on "digisexuals" last Sunday, including a man in Japan who married a hologram. (His mother did not attend the wedding.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/style/sex-robots.html

I'm thinking the NYT doesn't have a clue what the proper meaning of "digisexuals" would be, because under that meaning humans have been digisexuals longer than they have been homo sapiens.

i think they're quoting others