Rise of the Pornbots

[jingofever]

The 2006 Robot awards were announced. Top prize went to a fake seal; to be phased in as real seal populations die out, I assume. Some other prize, I can only imagine what for, went to a fake salesgirl. I guess she's cute, for a robot, and I applaud our brave scientists for finally upgrading Girls to fix those damned pregnancy, commitment and non-stop yapping glitches. I predict within five years the pleasure model will be available.
'She' and the Philip K Dick robot would make such a cute couple.

[jingofever]

Foxy 'Roxxxy': world’s first 'sex robot' can talk about football.

This is where all of the big advances in AI and robotics will come from.

The anatomically-correct robot, who can even snore, has an articulated skeleton that can move like a person but can't walk or independently move its limbs.

There is Wild Wendy, who is outgoing and adventurous, Frigid Farrah, who is reserved and shy, a young unnamed doll with a naïve personality, “matriarchal kind of caring” Mature Martha and S & M Susan, who is geared for more adventurous types.

She is wirelessly linked to the internet for software updates, technical support and to send her man email messages, he said.

Mr Hines, from TrueCompanion, said the doll could carry out simple conversations and was designed to “know exactly what you like”.

“Sex only goes so far, then you want to be able to talk to the person,” he said.

“She knows exactly what you like. If you like Porsches, she likes Porsches. If you like soccer, she likes soccer.”

People’s customised personalities can be shared with other users online through his company's website.

"Just think about wife or girlfriend swapping without actually giving the person to someone else," he said.

Its robotic movement is built into "the three inputs" while a mechanical heart powers a liquid cooling system.

Inspiration for the sex robot sprang from the September 11, 2001 attacks, he said, where a friend died and he vowed to store his personality forever.

A male version of the doll, dubbed Rocky, is also planned.

I wonder if they'll take out the 'talk about football' part.

[barracuda]

[Cosmic Cowbell]

We can build you...

[Avalon]

A male version of the doll, dubbed Rocky, is also planned.

But is it going to store the information in "mmm..... there...but a little to the left and lower...not so fast.... veeeeeerrrrrrry light strokes...." as an algorithm for the next session?

[Nordic]

Inspiration for the sex robot sprang from the September 11, 2001 attacks, he said, where a friend died and he vowed to store his personality forever.

I guess 9/11 did change everything.

Naaahhhh ....

[stefano]

S & M Susan, who is geared for more adventurous types.

But not adventurous to the point of asking a woman out.

“She knows exactly what you like. If you like Porsches, she likes Porsches. If you like soccer, she likes soccer.”

There's a story in Jeff Noon's Pixel Juice (great collection of short stories if you ever see it somewhere) about a Charisma Engine. It picks up the expectations of the people around you and sends pulses to your brain corresponding to those expectations, so that you can be all things to all people.