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Well I’m all grown up now.
Yes, Julie and I have discussed the reality and inevitability of sexbots before on the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast and now Chinese developers have created sperm-collecting robots designed to stimulate human males and collect their genetic material. As you’ll see in the following video, the whole thing looks like one of Doctor Who’s Daleks, except with an unsettling-looking apparatus on the front instead of a death ray. The things debuted at China International Medical Equipment Fair in Shenzhen, China last month. Let’s watch:
Blow Your Mind: Machines, Morality and Sexbots
by Robert Lamb | May 19, 2011
As we covered in a previous episode, robots can now be programmed to deceive other robots and even humans. But did you know they can also be programmed to approximate something like guilt? Julie and I consult with Dr. Ronald Arkin of the Georgia Institute of Technology on teaching bots how to process like humans.
And yes, we will also talk about sexy, sexy sexbots — machines crafted through our ingenuity to appeal to our most basic cravings. We’ve all heard of the notorious Roxxxy. What does it mean to have feelings for a machine, ethically? Dr. Arkin weighs in and even goes so far as to declare Roxxxy a “bad robot.” And not in the naughty sense. In the crappy sense.
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