Also — Xeni is back (YAY) and Boing Boing is fast and furious right now. Yesterday she posted about an article that’s not to be missed: the post is Yay, robot sex! Ahem. Ethics of machinophilia considered. Here it seems that the article’s author is considering the ethics of robot (and by proxy, machine) sex. But what’s really funny about the article are all the unintentional points the author has us (okay, me) considering… I mean, as humans we’re certainly hard-wired to enjoy sex and programmed to share it. But read the article — and talk about manufacturing consent!
I really, deeply agree with the human-orgasm-as-priority that’s inferred in the article, though I think this is unintentional too. And this line, oh, *especially* in regard to sex, snip:
“The greatest danger, however, is likely to lie with robots that are able to learn from their ‘experiences’. As systems develop, robots are likely to have much more sophisticated self-learning mechanisms built into them and it may become impossible to predict exactly how they will behave.”
YAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unpredictable smart sex. OMG, I wish I was in the future RIGHT NOW.
