It could happen… Artificial intelligence researcher David Levy, believes the state of Massachusetts will be the first jurisdiction to legalize marriages with robots (which he predicts will be around 2050).

He said “At first, sex with robots might be considered geeky…” !!!!! HELLOOO….

O.K you say… remember Pygmalion? According to the myth, the sculptor did fall in love with Galatea, who was after all an ivory statue he had made. But then Venus (bless her heart) came to his rescue and granted the statue life.

I’m not so sure I want my vibrator coming to life. No telling what it might say.

But let’s get this straight here. We aren’t just talking about having sex with a glorified sex toy. In his book Love and Sex with Robots, Levy says that people will not just have sex with robots, but that they will become so human-like in appearance, function and personality that many people will actually fall in love with them, and even marry them. Hey ma! I’m marrying my sex toy!

So, why do we fall in love anyway? Well according to Levy, psychologists have identified about a dozen basic reasons why people fall in love, most of which are in fact programmable and could apply to human-robot relationships. Yikes… are we really that predictable?

But then again, if I could program hubs to fulfill my every need, would it be that bad? Mmmmm. Let me dream a little here.

There is no doubt that society’s ideas about what constitutes normal sex have changed (thank God), and will continue to change as sexual technology becomes more and more sophisticated.

Could it really be that machines we now view as cold and mechanical could very soon become the objects of real companionship and human desire? This is science brought to life at it finest folks.

Hey, if you are in the NY area tonight you can hear David Levy speak about cyborg love at the Museum of Sex (now there’s a museum I wouldn’t mind going to). And if you go, you HAVE to report back to me.

Meanwhile, what do you think about cyborg love?

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