A few years ago we read an article that suggested humans would be having sex with robots in the not too distant future. Though they suggested some kind of sexy, advanced android that would meet both our physical and emotional needs, the current reality of artificial loving is a little bit more rudimentary.
If you own a modern smart phone, you already know how far we’ve come in creating software that can interact with people in a more human way. Siri and Google Now and Alexa can answer questions, manage our schedules and even tell the occasional joke. Attach such a device to a Real Doll and you have the makings of a boring but functional sex robot.
People looking for love from artificial intelligence have another option called Pepper, a robot designed to read emotions and interact with humans. The lifelike robot is supposed to be a helpful companion; making small talk and offering advice while doing everything else you might expect from a tablet computer.
However, its designers are so confident in its ability to emotionally interact with people that you have to agree not to fuck it before you can buy one. Hmm!
Pepper was created by a Japanese company called SoftBank and resembles a large toy robot with arms and wheels. A large tablet computer is mounted on the chest of the robot and serves as a means of interaction and a way retrieving information. Pepper also has a small camera mounted in its head and two large LED lit eyes. Basically nothing about the robot is immediately sexy unless you have some kind of white plastic fetish.
At any rate, SoftBank requires new owners to sign a pledge promising not to cause any harm to the robot or use it for any malicious purposes. There’s also an included clause that prevents people for using Pepper for “the purpose of sexual or indecent behavior.”
The creators of the robot feel that the attentive and innocent nature of the robot may cause someone to fall in love with it, and the exploitability and open nature of its software could lead to it being used for sexual purposes. Pepper does kind of have a nice figure, and if you can pull up some Pornhub on that chest mounted LCD and strap a Fleshlight to it, you have a real good time on your hands.
As an avid fan of Macguyver, I repurpose products for masturbation all the time with flagrant disregard for the manufacturer’s original intention. SoftBank is pretty much relying on the honor system here, and at a price of about $1,600 that contract would have to be pretty convincing to persuade someone from having sex it if they wanted to.
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