WHILE ‘intelligent’ gadgets such as self-guiding vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers are widely available on the retail market, a range of increasingly sophisticated machines are being deployed by government departments.The British National Health Service is currently testing a robotic surgeon capable of carrying out complex bladder, prostate and kidney operations.
The military and security sector is the biggest driver of advances in artificial intelligence. The need to conduct operations in volatile environments while minimising human casualties could see the US military deploy a robotic soldier within the next 20 years.
But while violence leads the way, sex is not far behind. Japanese scientists are thought to be close to unveiling robots capable of ‘making love’ to humans in a responsive manner. Trial features on the robots include real human skin.
‘People are going to be having sex with robots within five years,’ said Mr Henrik Christensen, a member of the Euron ethics committee.
Wah I’m just speechless. It goes to show that sex is an inherent human need even in the information age, or perhaps even more so, but to integrate this basic instinctive human need with a what can be described to be a technological gadget at best? What is the world coming to?
Hmm, so in 5 years’ time, if I’m financially capable of it, I shall order in these robots and give my sex-deprived friends a Christmas gift they can really use. Is it satisfaction guaranteed though?
Maybe it’ll lift women’s status. Now we have a literally genuine sex object, a sex machine.
