Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships

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Love, marriage, and sex with robots? Not in a million years? Maybe a whole lot sooner! A leading expert in artificial intelligence, David Levy argues that the entities we once deemed cold and mechanical will soon become the objects of real companionship and human desire. He shows how automata have evolved and how human interactions with technology have changed over the years. Levy explores many aspects of human relationships—the reasons we fall in love, why we form emotional attachments to animals and virtual pets, and why these same attachments could extend to love for robots. Levy also examines how society's ideas about what constitutes normal sex have changed—and will continue to change—as sexual technology becomes increasingly sophisticated. Shocking, eye-opening, provocative, and utterly convincing, Love and Sex with Robots is compelling reading for anyone with an open mind. Cover Image Title Page Dedication Page Epigraph Page Contents Introduction Part One: Love with Robots Chapter One: Falling in Love (with People) Chapter Two: Loving Our Pets Chapter Three: Emotional Relationships with Electronic Objects Chapter Four: Falling in Love with Virtual People (Humanoid Robots) Part Two: Sex with Robots Introduction to Part Two Chapter Five: Why We Enjoy Sex Chapter Six: Why People Pay for Sex Chapter Seven: Sex Technologies Chapter Eight: The Mental Leap to Sex with Robots Conclusion Notes Index Acknowledgments About the Author Also by David Levy Credits Copyright Notice About the Publisher