Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (909 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061359807 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Levy also examines how society's ideas about what constitutes normal sex have changed—and will continue to change—as sexual technology becomes increasingly sophisticated. Love, marriage, and sex with robots? Not in a million years? Maybe a whole lot sooner!A leading expert in artificial intelligence, David Levy argues that the entities we once deemed cold and mechanical will soon become the objects of real companionship and human desire. Levy explores many aspects of human relationships—the reasons we fall in love, why we form emotional attachments to animals and virtual pets, and why these same attachments could extend to love for robots. He shows how automata have evolved and how human interactions with technology have changed over the years. Shocking, eye-opening, provocative, and utterly convincing, Love and Sex with Robots is compelling reading for anyone with an open mind.
Though Levy's topic is undeniably on the fringe, it will appeal to readers keen on pondering futuristic scenarios. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . Some readers may be turned off by Levy's fairly graphic descriptions of the mechanics of having sex with robots, and may wonder why Levy chose not to include recent research on the human genome that could one day lead to replacing human "parts," potentially making us more robot-like ourselves. From Publishers Weekly In this wide-ranging examination of the emotional and physical relations between humans and the inanimate objects o
"An outline of a natural and desirable development" according to Dr. Lee D. Carlson. Given the reported emotional attachments that some soldiers have with the machines that sometimes save their lives, or AIBO owners to their robot dogs, it is easy to accept a book that discusses the possibility of actual love affairs or even sex with humanoid-like machines. From a purely sexual standpoint, this would be a natural evolution, as the title of this book suggests, given the wide use of sexual devices throughout history. But to fall in love with a robot would require that this type of machine be responsive to the needs and personal idiosyncrasies of its huma. A fascinating subject, but ignores most of the important issues David Levy's book is divided into two and unequal parts, both in length and in interest. Most readers, I would imagine, if told that a book was divided into a longer section about future emotional relations between humans and robots and a shorter section on sex with robots would guess that the more interesting would be the latter. For me, at least, the opposite was the case. I was barely able to stay awake while reading the sex chapters, while I found the chapters dealing with potential emotional connections with robots to be fascinating. Levy makes, I believe, a convi. Jeff Satterley said Poorly edited, but interesting ideas. The ideas are interesting ones. I think its important for people to realize how ubiquitous technology has become in every area of our lives, including love and sex. This wasn't as shocking as I originally thought, but I am a researcher in the field (AI and HCI), so I have some experience and know about how people react to robots and AI software.While I liked the book, the editing was pretty bad. A number of sentences were obviously ungrammatical (most likely typos), and I found a number of misspelling of people's names, and incorrect citations. Perhaps the upcoming pap
He is also the author of the industry primer Robots Unlimited. He lives in London.. David Levy is an internationally recognized expert on artificial intelligence and the president of the International Computer Games Association