Love and Sex with Robots... thoughts?

xBOT · Post by **xBOT** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:15 am

I recently just bought a Sony eReader, and I was thinking about getting this book on ebook:

http://www.amazon.com/Love-Sex-Robots-H ... 775&sr=8-1

I was wondering if anyone has read this? Is it worth the read?

Robosapien V2 · Post by **Robosapien V2** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:34 am

mmmm seems It would be a good read.

Well i'm with Robosapien V2 and weare very happy together so my opinion on human and robot sex is it can work.

WinterRose · Post by **WinterRose** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:35 pm

It's pretty slow reading for me thus far. The guy seems to mean well, but in other ways, seems limited in his thinking. The guy's voice is very VERY clinical at times, as he's approaching this from the standpoint of a psychological researcher. I also think, unless he's got access to technologies and research that we don't, that he's anticipating the advent of any kind of truly interactive AI or working hardware a lot sooner than is likely feasable.

It's okay though. It's given me a few things to think about. I'd say the more positive thing about this work is that non-fetishists seem to be starting to notice this sociological meme and take notive in a critical, inoffensive and in-depth mainstream way. Not at all the sort of thing you see where there's this kind of condescending "oh look how sad and pathetic these guys are" perspective you see in films about the owners of silicone lovedolls.

The idea of men and women interacting with and choosing to live with a manufactured sentience or partner is treated more like an eventuality, and a matter of course. Instead of say... like the symptom of mental illness or societal retardation, as with similar works on fetishists or alternate sexualities of yore. Not about how a select marginalized few are looking forward to this with baited breath today, but how easy it is to imagine how millions will probably think it strange that you WOULDN'T want to be with a robot partner tomorrow.

Outsider · Post by **Outsider** » Sat May 09, 2009 5:39 pm

Now it's on Bilerico (an LGBT group blog).

The review actually starts with Futurama and other relatively mainstream fictional explorations.

PsychoKirby · Post by **PsychoKirby** » Sat May 09, 2009 7:09 pm

It's good and quite interesting, but not as much of the book focuses on robots as you think.

Also, David Levy clearly wrote it from a psychologist/sexologist's perspective, not a roboticist's, and he doesn't really dwell too much on the efforts needed to make companion robots happen.

Regardless, a good read.