<![CDATA[Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships]]>

false <![CDATA[Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships]]> 726691 1 <P>Synthesizing breaking news in the field of robotics with the cultural history, technological development, art, literature, and psychology of artificial intelligence, Love and Sex with Robots is popular science at its diverting –– and eye–opening –– best. Starting with the ways in which robots have supplemented human domesticity from the Renaissance to the modern age, David Levy proceeds to document the ways in which humans form affection for animate things, from pets to common household devices that employ responsive technology. He then explains how conditioning oneself to interact with such things engenders both communication and dependence in their owners –– and how such interaction can lead to amorous feelings. In the second part of the book, Levy uses that amorous connection as a springboard to explore how physical intimacy between humans and robots is the next logical step in an age–old correlation between love and sex. Toss in the rapidly expanding sex toy industry –– and its far reach from the US to Japan and everywhere in between –– and you have a global trend, one that is by turns surprising, troubling, and titillating.</P><P> From Pygmalion falling for his chiseled Galatea to Dr. Frankenstein marveling in both awe and terror at his "modern Prometheus" to the man–meets–machine fiction of Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, and Michael Crichton, readers have been enthralled by the possibilities of interaction between technological creations and themselves. Shocking yet wildly informative, Love and Sex with Robots builds on that fascination to show how entities we once deemed benign and unresponsive may very well turn out to be objects of real, human desire.</P> 712904 1 11 2007 Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships total:44|5:5|4:15|3:10|2:9|1:5| 44 138 141 19 3 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 17 07:40:45 -0800 2008 Tue May 19 07:14:11 -0700 2009
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The book is entertaining though I feel automa...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 23:59:47 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 09:22:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 05:42:39 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 11:31:36 -0700 2008 .5 - yes, it was that bad
He did have some common sense, uninteresting, things to say about technology, which...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Sep 26 08:48:05 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 08:05:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Oct 12 12:01:13 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 12:03:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 14:34:56 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 05:43:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Nov 17 09:24:59 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 09:38:34 -0800 2008
I think Levy would have done better to find a good sci-fi writer and coauthore...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 13 06:58:27 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 12:12:51 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 06:58:16 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 18:12:20 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 20:49:11 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 15:21:15 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 15:24:36 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 10 22:13:46 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 22:16:58 -0800 2008 2) People form attachments
3) People use machines for physical needs
4) ????
5) Hot buttery robot love!

Point 1-3 are fleshed out well. Point 5 is the conclusion. Point 4 is what's lacking.]]> 2 0 false false Mon Dec 10 20:19:38 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 04 08:39:13 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Sep 20 18:35:57 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 18:36:51 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 11:28:05 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 11:29:27 -0800 2008 To read my review click link below:
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