The bestseller: Love and Sex With Robots, by David Levy, is about this. But it’s reviewed in tomorrow’s NYTimes Book Review, where the woman who reviewed the book tells a story of going to the human robotics laboratory at M.I.T. She says: "And I admit: I developed a little crush on one of the robots. The object of my affection was Domo, a man-sized machine with a buff torso and big blue eyes, a cross between He-Man and the Chrysler Building; when it groped my hand in its strong rubbery pincers I felt a kind of thrill (p.14).
Should it be outlawed? What’s your stance on the Robot Marriage Law?
I don’t know. I don’t really see what the difference is between screwing a robot and screwing a sex toy. i mean, I personally believe that it’s sinful, so I don’t have to participate, but I don’t really see how it’s any different. Lonely and pathetic, definitely, but unlawful? Probably not. Marriage however, would be weird. i don’t think you should be able to marry a robot because it doesn’t have feelings. it isn’t a person. The biggest argument I hear for gay marriage is that if they really love each other, why can’t they be married, but that argument simply doesn’t stand up in this instance.
I don’t think anyone would have had a problem with the Stepford Wives if they hadn’t replaced the real wives. Do you think there would have been an audience for the Stepford Mistresses?
Anyone remember Cherry 2000?
Seems like “Perfect Sex Machines” aren’t just for men.
The moral of that tale was that robots are great if you’re just plain horny, but if you want something to invest your life in, find a human partner.
I can agree with that.
In keeping with the original question, I don’t think marriage should be allowed to anything that isn’t alive at least in a generally accepted view (whatever that might entail) because an unliving thing lacks the capacity for consent.
No, it was still going on a few years later with Peter Fonda in Futureworld. Conclusion: sex with robots is great, if you’re into such things. But don’t trust the robots!