Love and Sex with Robots By David Levy

Introduction

From Pygmalion falling for his chiseled Galatea to Dr. Frankenstein marveling at his "modern Prometheus" to the man-meets-machine fiction of PhilipK. Dick and Michael Crichton, humans have been enthralled by the possibilities of emotional relationships with their technological creations.(Levy, 12) Synthesizing cutting-edge research in robotics with the cultural history and psychology of artificial understanding, Love and Sex with Robots explores this fascination and its far-reaching implications. (Monroe, 10)

Discussion

As described by Levy an Age of Robots would seem to have certain advantages. Our stewardship of this struggling planet has been flawed at best: it has been massively destructive to its natural environment, perhaps after repair; humans assertion large religions and spiritual beliefs but then we murder and make conflict when it's befitting and expedient; we are the most smart species but need wisdom; humans are industrious but we often need any constructive purpose; and seldom seem to discover from our mistakes, despite our supposed "intelligence." In short, humans haven't finished very well on this planet and perhaps it's time for another better rush, if biological or robotic or android, to have a proceed at running things for a while. (Fine,45)

Using examples drawn from around the world, David Levy shows how automata have developed from the mechanical marvels of centuries past to the electrical devices androids of the up to date age, and how human interactions with expertise have changed over the years. Along the way, Levy explores many aspects of human relationships—the reasons we fall in love, why we pattern emotional attachments to animals and to virtual pets such as the Tamagotchi, and why these same attachments could continue to love for robots. He furthermore examines the desires we request to fulfill through sexual connections, following the development of life-sized dolls, appliances, and other sexy apparatus, and illustrating how society's concepts about what constitutes usual sex have changed—and will continue to change—as sexual know-how becomes progressively sophisticated. (Monroe, 10)

Shocking but utterly assuring, Love and Sex with Robots provides insights that are surprisingly relevant to our everyday interactions with technology.(Levy, 12) This is science conveyed to life, and Levy makes a convincing and titillating case that the entities we one time regarded freezing and mechanical will soon become the objects of real companionship and human desire. Anyone reading the publication with an open brain will find a wealth of fascinating material on this important new main heading of intimate relationships, a main heading that, before long, will be regarded as flawlessly normal. (Fine,45)

From a leading professional in artificial understanding, an eye-opening but superbly argued publication about how increasing innovation in robotic expertise is enabling legitimate romantic and sexual relationships between humans and robots. Synthesizing breaking news in the area of robotics with the cultural history, technological development, art, literature, and psychology of artificial understanding, "Love and Sex with Robots" is popular science at its redirecting - and eye-opening - best. From Pygmalion falling for his chiseled Galatea to Dr. Frankenstein marveling in both awe and terror ...