I, Love Robot

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Friday, 15 February 2008 10:34

Opinion and Analysis

There’s also speculation that the practitioners of the world’s oldest profession, sex workers, might one day be put out of business, while others wonder if it will ever truly be possible for humans to fall in love with their robotic companies, as opposed to simply ‘loving’ their latest gadgets and toys.

Harper Collins unsurprisingly says the book is “shocking but utterly convincing”, and that it “provides insights that are surprisingly relevant to our everyday interactions with technology. This is science brought to life, and Levy makes a compelling and titillating case that the entities we once deemed cold and mechanical will soon become the objects of real companionship and human desire”.

They finish be saying that: “Anyone reading the book with an open mind will find a wealth of fascinating material on this important new direction of intimate relationships, a direction that, before long, will be regarded as perfectly normal”.

So, one day this century, when artificial intelligence can rival our own, rather than the rather simpler 'fuzzy logic' employed by some technologies, we may well find out from the androids themselves whether they dream of making love to humans, or if they only dream of electric sheep.