Several days ago The Guardian published an article (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/13/sex-love-and-robots-the-end-of-intimacy) regarding the rise of sexbots. There are companies specialising in the production of such things and David Levy believes that such machines can alleviate the lonleness of those who are not in relationships. The growth of sexbots has lead to the founding of an anti sexbot organisation which calls for the prohibition of such robots.
The Guardian article reminds me of my short story, “The Affair” which can be found here, (http://newauthoronline.com/2014/10/26/the-affair/).
Kevin
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the idea of a robotic lust doll…but even worst those idiots that want to outlaw them…wow…
Thanks for your comment. I agree, prohibiting them would be unlikely to work and there exist strong libertarian arguments for not doing so.
not much different than hustler or whatever…gonna hav’ta be filthy rich though…
Big brother’s winning.
Thank you for your comment. In what way is Big Brother winning? In Nineteen Eighty-Four “The Party” is personified by Big Brother with the population being watched by telescreens. I think we are talking about something different here, or am I misunderstanding the point you are making?
I took the lower paragraph off a cheater note because I read the book about 30 years ago but… I was referring to the notion that as the robots move into the bedroom, human intimacy recedes. This was one of Big Brother’s wishes. I think some of the parallels with Robotic Sex relate closely to our developing dependence on the government.
Sex And Love In Orwell’s 1984
George Orwell’s novel 1984 explores intimate human relationships in a bleak futuristic society as experienced by protagonist Winston Smith. Since there are few bonds stronger than those developed from loving relationships among family, friends, and lovers, the only entity acceptable to love in Oceania is the face of the Party, Big Brother. This restriction is necessary to achieving complete power and control over its citizens, as the Party must dissolve all loyalties derived through love, sex, and family and redirect them upon itself. By destroying trust the Party has “cut the links between child and parent, and between man and man, and between man and woman”(220).
Thank you for your comment. That is an interesting perspective. I haven’t read Nineteen Eighty-Four for many years but will have to read it again. The book has certainly found it’s way into popular culture with songs like “Sex Crime”. Kevin