This is creepy.
At an international conference held at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, David Levy, author of the book "Love + sex with robots" predicted that within 40 years humans will be able to have loving relationships with robots.
To be sure, some men might think they are already making love to a robot spouse.
"Are you done yet? Are you done yet?" asked the squeaky high pitched voice.
Electronic speech and sensors to make "nice sounds" when "erogenous zones" are touched. (Yeah, fellows. You still need to know where to touch.)
The main obstacle at this point seems to be making robots that have conversations skills. And that is an obstacle because of why? I mean who talks during...
The author said, "The field of human-computer conversation is crucial to building robots with whom humans could fall in love." He's predicting that within 40 years robots will be able to tell their partners "Not tonight, honey. I have a headache."
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