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Love, marriage and sex with AI-based robots

I agree with the gist of Ray Kurzweil's prognosis for the future, a future in which AI will dramatically change the lives and opportunities for the majority of people on our planet. One topic within this area that has, as yet, been relatively unexplored, is how human-robot relationships will develop when robots become super-intelligent and acquire emotions. My take on this is that an increasing percentage of the adult population will enjoy emotional relationships with robots, including love and sex, and that by the middle of this century or thereabouts the first human-robot marriages will be taking place.

I asked Ray Kurzweil, during a radio phone-in show a few months ago, when he thought this was likely to happen. His response was that it would be around the time that robots (or computers) pass the Turing test, which he predicts will be in 2029, even earlier than my own prediction.

I discuss this whole area in my new book "Robots Unlimited", and would be very interested to hear the views of visitors to this site on this fascinating topic.

David Levy
London, England.

Posted by: David Levy   Posted on: 05/15/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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