Doin’ it robot style

Sex with robots?  Hey, why not?  I saw this article about the future of world of virtual sex and found it interesting.  Quoting the article "What is very likely to be present before 2016 would be a multi-sensual experience of virtual sex".  Virtual sex?  Sign me up!!! Or not.

Do I really have to write a blog about this?  I mean do I?  Are we so desperate or board with sex that we are now going to rely on virtual sex?  Then again, this would just be another example of the porn industry taking advantage of the newest technologies.  We already spoke about that earlier this semester, so I’ll spare you. So rather than focusing on the negatives and the weird parts of it I'll take the open minded approach.

Although this might not be my thing, there could be some positive benefits from it.  For starters, when the technology is more readily available and the price is low enough we could see a decrease in prostitution and the spread of STD's.  Why go to the local five dollar neighborhood night walker, who is worn out and nasty, when we can have “sex” with any type of women we want?  Secondly, sexual assaults could drop if the assailants can take out their sexual tensions and aggression on a machine rather than a helpless victim.  Thirdly, relationships and marriages could be saved, if instead of cheating on their significant other, one partner does the deed with the robot instead of another person. 

I know there would be negative aspects from this as well, such as the creepy scene with Jude Law in the movie," AI: Artificial Intelligence", but there are going to be negatives to all technology created down the road.  We just need to take them in stride and learn how to work around them. 

As far as virtual sex, right now I think it would be somewhat weird.  However, in ten years when this stuff comes out, I'll probably be in line with the rest of you just to try it out.