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Oct13-07, 10:14 PM   #1
 
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Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners


MAASTRICHT, Netherlands, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The University of Maastricht in the Netherlands is awarding a doctorate to a researcher who wrote a paper on marriages between humans and robots.[continued]
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Oct13-07, 10:30 PM   #2
 
I suppose there ARE many advantages to having a robot wife.

i.e. a power off button, a reset button.

I think I'll stick with homo sapiens for now though........
Oct13-07, 10:55 PM   #3
 
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Sign me up for a Hubby-Tron.

Quote by The Miracles
I'm just a love machine and I won't work for nobody but you
I'm just a love machine .............. A hugging kissing fiend

I think it's high time you knew
Whenever I think of you
My mind blows a fuse
When I look in your eyes
My meter starts to rise
And I become confused
My motor cranked electric goes
When I'm sitting next to you
Electricity starts to flow
And my indicator starts to glow

I'm gentle as a lamb
I'm not that hard to program
There's no way that you can lose
Chassis fits like a glove
I've got a button for love
That you've got to use (push it push it baby)
If you look into my power
I am sure you can find out how
To turn me on just set my dial
And let me love you for a little while ooooooh
Oct14-07, 02:00 AM   #4
 
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Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners


The movie Blade Runner had inter-appliance sex. The movie was based on the book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", by Philip K. Dick, but I don't remember if the sex was in the book.
Oct14-07, 03:10 AM   #5
 
I can't get the page to load for some reason.

Regardless, the concept of human-robot marriages makes me think of The Stepford Wives, for obvious reasons.
Oct14-07, 08:47 AM   #6
 
Battlestar Galactica has some absolutely gorgeous robots...
Oct14-07, 10:31 AM   #7
 
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I'm already saving for my Cherry 2000
Oct14-07, 01:22 PM   #8
 
There was some mention of sex between humans a robots in one of Asimov's books if I remember...
Oct14-07, 02:29 PM   #9
 
I'm reminded of this quote from the first episode of Futurama:

FRY: Wait, you're the only friend I have...
BENDER: You really want a robot for a friend?
FRY: Yeah, ever since I was six.
BENDER: Well, okay, but I don't want people thinking we're robosexuals, so if anyone asks, you're my debugger.
Oct14-07, 03:32 PM   #10
 
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Robot pickup lines:
You have a loose screw and I know just how to fix it.
Would you like to go back to my place and see my RAM?

There was the robot male prostitute in AI.
Oct14-07, 03:34 PM   #11
 
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i.e. a power off button, a reset button.
Mute! Mute! Mute!
Oct14-07, 04:54 PM   #12
 
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Quote by dontdisturbmycircles View Post
I suppose there ARE many advantages to having a robot wife.

i.e. a power off button, a reset button.

I think I'll stick with homo sapiens for now though........
Great!
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Regardless, the concept of human-robot marriages makes me think of The Stepford Wives, for obvious reasons.
I beg your pardon?
Oct14-07, 05:06 PM   #14
 
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I beg your pardon?
What?!? What'd I say?!?!
Oct14-07, 05:09 PM   #15
 
While we're on the subject, we shouldn't forget Moe Darklight's sad tale of robot/lizard love:

http://physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=189808&page=3 post #32
Oct14-07, 05:24 PM   #16
 
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What?!? What'd I say?!?!
Zooby, just say you were wrong and apologize. Trust me, it's the only way.
Oct14-07, 06:09 PM   #17
 
wait, would robot chicks look anything like this?:



mmm, Terminatrix I don't care what they say about you being a machine sent from the future to destroy the human race, we can make it work!

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Zooby, just say you were wrong and apologize. Trust me, it's the only way.
yet another point for robot wives ... I'm not helping, am I.
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