How do people feel about robot sex?

[Takket]

interesting read! For me the question isn't "should they be legal". That's a yes. The question is what kind of effect they would have on society. That's really for psychiatrists and anthropologists to figure out.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/lovesick-cyborg/2016/03/10/women-men-want-sex-robots/#.VuINhEes4xN


Lovesick Cyborg

« Should Humans Trust Robots?
What Women and Men Want from Sex Robots
By Jeremy Hsu | March 10, 2016 12:19 am
Credit: Willyam Bradberry | Shutterstock

Credit: Willyam Bradberry | Shutterstock

More than two-thirds of men recruited for a sexbot study say they would give sex robots try. About two-thirds of women in the same study say they would not try a sex robot. Those findings come from the first exploratory survey of human attitudes toward sex robots. Such research has huge implications beyond whether humanity ends up using robots for sexual satisfaction—it can also reveal gender differences in how people view modern human relationships.

Debates about sex robots typically focus on either the crude robotic sex toys of today or Hollywood’s science fiction fantasies such as “A.I.” or “Ex Machina.” One U.K. researcher made headlines by calling for a ban on sex robot technology. But there has been surprisingly little effort to find out what people think about robots and sex in the real world. That is why researchers at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts set out to discover out what people think sex robots should look like and what uses of such robots would be considered appropriate. They hope their research can help create a future where robots prove more beneficial than harmful for human psychology and relationships.

[Dustlawyer]

1. They need to go to Japan, they are even having marriages to their robots!

[BillZBubb]

2. If both robots consent, I have no problem with their having sex.

[trof]

47. As long as they're adult robots.

[ErikJ]

3. Great idea. We need a hell of a lot less humans on Earth

Like about 1 / 10th of what we have now.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

52. ...

Oddly, I didn't see an upload for the entire segment.

[Atman]

4. It's too mechanical.

And I hate using WD-40 for lube.

[madokie]

44. WD-40

is supposedly good for arthritic joints but the problem is I don't have joints in my part to get arthritis in

LOL the things one can find on the DU amazes me sometimes

[snooper2]

54. That is the wrong purpose for WD-40, for robot sex you would want to use packing grease

[Capt. Obvious]

5. What does Leviticus say about it?

[Buzz Clik]

6. As long as its consensual and they're adults of at least 10010 years old.

[Mister Ed]

19. Funny! I'm not sure if everyone will get it, though, because after all:

"There are only 11 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't."

[Revanchist]

20. You do realize that you put down the binary symbol for 3, don't you?

1 = 1
2 = 10
3 = 11
4 = 100
5 = 101

and so on.

[Mister Ed]

24. Wow! I guess that tells us which of those kinds of people I am!

[Thor_MN]

45. They do say there are 3 kinds of people in the world, those who understand math and those that don't

[malthaussen]

7. What two robots do in the privacy of their own home...

... is none of my business.

-- Mal

[enigmatic]

8. "Here Come The Cyborgs Part 2" -Simply Saucer

[Half-Century Man]

9. I'll admit, after being married for so long it can seem robotic.

But with just a small change you can improve you love life. Alter the location, move out of the bedroom and go a little crazy. On a completely unrelated note; as of Tuesday, my wife and I can no longer shop at Target.

[3catwoman3]

22. Related question on your...

...completely unrelated note - why?

[JudyM]

32. Might've been caught in the fitting room...?

[Half-Century Man]

36. Went for the joke

failed miserably.

[tkmorris]

60. I got it

I'm not sure that would get you banned from out local Target though. I've seen some freaky stuff in there.

[Xipe Totec]

10. A bit mechanical and repetitive. nt

[1939]

11. Like the old bawdy song said

"Round and round went the great big wheel, In and out went the prick of steel"

[valerief]

12. I think any robot should be allowed to have sex with any other robot it wants, so

long as the sex is consensual.

But really, do robots want to have sex with other robots?

[NV Whino]

13. As long as they use cyber condoms and practice safe sex.

[valerief]

14. Good point. We wouldn't want any unwanted robotic fetoids.

[yuiyoshida]

15. There is ONLY one person to ask on that SUBJECT...

[Fumesucker]

16. Lends a whole new meaning to Domo Arigato Mr Roboto

[dhill926]

17. if I could just get one to say yes.....

[hobbit709]

18. If robots want to have sex, who am I to stop them.

[mike_c]

21. only if it's self cleaning....

eom

[longship]

23. "Open the pod bay doors, Hal!"

[Iggo]

51. Winner.

[Crunchy Frog]

25. Hey, if that's the only way I can get some.

[Monk06]

26. As long as you're sensitive to the needs of the robot it should be OK

[Agnosticsherbet]

27. What an adult does with his or her cyborg lawnmower man/woman/both is the adults business.

But I good with it.

[libodem]

28. We need a grant writer so we can fund a study

Write a book and make a movie. I wonder if business creators would replace sex workers with robots?

I'm thinking you could get a stall in airport bathrooms with a robot for guys like Larry Craig, who hust want anonymous action for $50.00. Vending action, baby.

[Laffy Kat]

30. There has already been a movie:

"Ex Machina"

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ex_machina/

[libodem]

35. Day late

And a dollar short. Darn it.

[no_hypocrisy]

29. Reminds me of "The Demon Seed".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Seed

[BlueSpot]

31. The ratios of pro and con between sexes don't surprise me

I mean, how many other women just assume they'd get Marvin the paranoid android? We learn from our pasts, right? I would totally get Marvin. Sigh.

[Orangepeel]

33. It would just be like a big vibrator, right?

[briv1016]

34. We already have vibrators and mechanial masturbators so this would not be that different.

The danger comes when people use these machines to act out pedophilia and/or violent (non consensual) fantasies which could escalate to the real thing.

[onethatcares]

37. not in front

of the children.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

38. With constraint : 0 means 0

[branford]

39. Robot sex? That's so 1980's.

It's the 21st Century, the real issues are man/woman and robot or robot and robot marriage.

[muriel_volestrangler]

40. It seems pointless. Most of us have the use of our hands.

I suppose a few disabled people don't have that ability. If there's no other personality behind the sexual satisfaction, I don't see that most people would have enough interest for it to have an effect on society. If you do get to the point where it's more than just a mechanism you're screwing, then you are in the area of "science fiction fantasies", and the societal implications are about far more than sex.

[Warren DeMontague]

41. So why are vibrators so popular? I mean, most people have hands, right?

Heavens! People fucking machines? What a novel concept.

[muriel_volestrangler]

43. I don't see that their effect on society is significant

and they are, of course, hand-held. The point is that they are a long existing technology, and not the subject of tedious articles and surveys like the one in the OP. Very few men do use a vibrator for themselves, but people are getting hot and bothered about what use they'd make of a glorified vibrator.

[Warren DeMontague]

66. People either get hot and bothered or they get hot and bothered about other people getting hot and

Bothered, ive noticed.

It's an odd phenomenon, to be sure.

[Warren DeMontague]

42. Sorry, im out of your price range.

[MineralMan]

46. I think robots should only have sex if both robots consent.

I mean, how else are we going to get more robots?

[DawgHouse]

48. Rosie from the Jetson's fell in love with Mack the robot.

I think Robot sex is fine if they are consenting robots.

[Quackers]

49. Electrified

[robertgodardfromnj]

50. I think I'll pass

It just sounds so wrong.

[RKP5637]

53. Sounds like fun!!! n/t

[lame54]

55. Ask Rubio's girlfriends

[yellowcanine]

56. If the robot is still respected in the morning, okay.

[backscatter712]

57. Robosexuality is an abomination!

[Warpy]

58. I don't find them any more dangerous than Real Dolls are now

A certain type of male wants a sex partner who is always "ready," whose body never undergoes the changes of either pregnancy or age, who never gains an ounce, and who never talks back. It's just a shame that they're so expensive, a lot of men out there would really benefit from having one. And yes, men do treat them as spouses, except for that unpaid domestic servant thing.

Women generally prefer the real thing, complete with emotional attachment, but the appeal of BOB is that you don't have to cook him breakfast.

[Omaha Steve]

64. UUUMMM

[Scootaloo]

59. Love is love, man. Love is love.

[LanternWaste]

61. A big step up for the MRA who currently must wait ten minutes for his evening date to buffer.

A big step up for the MRA who currently must wait ten minutes for his evening date to buffer.

[Omaha Steve]

62. The Big Bang Theory / Howard Wolowitz - Robotic Hand

[KamaAina]

63. Better than nothing, I guess.

[Yavin4]

65. Be careful if the Robot's operating system is Windows

You could contract a virus. Adds a whole new meaning to the blue screen of death.

[Takket]

67. fully functional.......

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