DIY Technosexual Marries His Robot Creation

He’s not quite right in the head, and his robots aren’t quite robots– but a young man named Zoltan built a robot girlfriend– and then married her online.

Zoltan’s robotic wife is a crude blowup doll rigged with teledildonics and a chatbox– but what does that matter when he’s finally found true love? Zoltan shares instructions on how to build your own femme-bot–or boy-bot, if you’re so inclined. I personally prefer it when robot building left up to the Honeydoll pros— the result is much more aesthetically pleasing, don’t you think?

Gizmodo interviewed Frankenstein–oops, Zoltan. Click here for insight on why he embarked on this journey of discovery. Surprise surprise, Zoltan owns to up to having many failed relationships and a fear of intimacy. At least Zoltan’s self-aware, even if his robot wife isn’t.

In-Depth Interview With David Levy

Check out Rhiz Khan’s in-depth interview with David Levy about the future of Love and Sex with Robots.

It’s the best television coverage I’ve seen on the subject yet.

More on Love and Sex with Robots

David Levy continues to titillate the media and grab headlines with his book Love and Sex With Robots.

Levy predicts that sex with robots will be possible in the next five years, and that in the near future there will be a demand for androids with personality programming sophisticated enough for people to develop real relationships with them and eventually fall in love.

But some experts argue that Levy’s ideas are far-fetched. Frederic Kaplan, who programmed Aibo’s robo-brain, wonders whether we even want robots made in our own image. “Human-machine interactions will be interesting in their own right, not as ‘simulation’ of human relations.”

What Kaplan doesn’t realize is that there will plenty of demand for both kinds for robots.

A company in Japan, Axis, has already produced the world’s first rudimentary sexbot called Honeydolls–check out my investigation of their uncanny valleys here.

Meanwhile in the US, the Real Doll is proving to be quite popular, as well as the Cyborgasmatrix dolls.

New York-based sexologist Yvonne K. Fulbright acknowledges that sexbots will probably find a niche market, especially with men seeking to fulfill fantasies their flesh-and-blood partners might be refusing. “But there will be a real stigma attached to sex robots. People are still going to feel like losers if that is their last resort,” she said.

I’ve said before that there will be a definite stigma attached to having sex with robots, but that won’t keep certain lonelyhearts from falling in love with their robot-mates. If you want proof, check out the pitiable lives of these Real Doll owners in the documentary Guys and Dolls.

Keeping Robot Sex in the News

David Levy, author of Love and Sex with Robots, was a guest on The Colbert Report last Friday. The interview was a bit awkward because while Levy is brilliant in print–he’s not quite ready for Colbert’s brand of humor. But the interview was very informative, and at least he’s keeping robot sex in the news.

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Could You Love A Robot?

David Levy is attracting a lot of attention in the media with the release of his new non-fiction book, Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships.

I’m reading it right now–it’s a fascinating look at the human obsession with automata throughout history, and even examines the factors involved in falling in love and how this will eventually extend to robots.

Levy starts an important dialogue about the ethics involved with creating robots meant for sex– but I feel that he takes for granted that human society is going to embrace these developments with open arms. I predict that sex with robots will be very popular, but I don’t believe that it’s going to be considered socially acceptable behavior. There will be a stigma attached to having sex with machines, much like the one that comes with owning a real doll or having sex with prostitutes. As for legislating the sale of robots built for sex and their rights as individuals…that will probably take even longer to decide. Just like any minority, robots will have to fight for their rights.

Check out the clip below and see Salon’s Farhad Manjoo, and get his take on Love and Sex with Robots.

Sex with a robot, sure…but marriage?

AI researcher David Levy is predicting that robots specifically built for sexual intercourse will be available within the next five years– and also says that the right to marry a robot isn’t far away, although the article admits the implications of this would be a “mixed bag” for humanity.

Levy is currently writing a paper on the ethical treatment of robots and says, “the ethical issues on how to treat [robots] are something we’ll have to consider very seriously, and they’re very complicated issues.

The Nymph has been seriously considering these issues for a long time– and no matter how close the technology may be to becoming a reality, public acceptance is still a long way away. At least in this country.

From MSNBC.com via Live Science