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In 2050 Your Lover May Be a Robot

timesofindia.indiatimes.com — Romantic human-robot relationships are no longer the stuff of science fiction - researchers expect them to become reality within four decades.

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  • sterntastic223, on 06/21/2008, -1/+39I think I'll either be dead or a robot myself by that time.
    • Mewchu11, on 06/22/2008, -0/+8You act like those things are mutually exclusive
    • Brad324, on 06/22/2008, -0/+4My old age is going to be so much better than my grandpa's.
    • SPRFRKR, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2I made this mistake of going to one of those Death Countdown websites where they tell you when you are going to die based on your info. I don't have much time left according to them.

      Just took all of the fun out of life :(
      • SpectralWolf, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Bah! Don't believe those sites.
    • DaLukeMan, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2If your rich enough maybe even a head in a jar.
    • humanerror, on 06/22/2008, -0/+3I just hope my robot lover comes with a viagra dispenser
  • magicjohnson, on 06/21/2008, -2/+12what about having kids?
  • InRussetShadows, on 06/21/2008, -2/+56Man, that's a long wait. I want a robot girl NOOOOWWWW.
  • lucy22, on 06/21/2008, -1/+8God forbid. I still like men.
    • djcreamy, on 06/22/2008, -0/+30*vmmmmmmmmmmm* *vmmmmmmmmmm*

      If you know what that sound is, you already have a robotic lover.
    • NecroDigg, on 06/22/2008, -9/+3LOL, you gay bastard.
      • Recluse, on 06/22/2008, -1/+4Did it ever occur to you that "lucy22" might be a woman?
        • funkypenquin, on 06/22/2008, -0/+4Come on, Lucy is a very common male name .
        • Psythik, on 06/22/2008, -0/+5Women don't exist on the internet.
    • zoom1928, on 06/22/2008, -3/+4Good. You're one of the few. I'm probably three times the age of the average digger, and I still haven't met a woman that I know was interested in men physically. They liked having someone that could take care of them and pay for things, but beyond that the attraction was not based on physical attraction. I have over twenty women working for me now, and not a one of them even pretends to be interested in males. Most of them are in their early 30's to early 40's.
      • RussellDovey, on 06/22/2008, -1/+4Man, you must be a right ***** to them. :D And you think it's them, not you! Hilarious.
      • iambiguous, on 06/22/2008, -0/+1Because they aren't interested in you doesn't mean their not interested in males. I highly doubt any professional woman would flaunt their sexual preferences in front of a man in a position of power UNLESS they wanted the man to take care of them and pay for things..

        Not only that, but Western men seem to be having a problem 'getting it up' nowadays.
        • zoom1928, on 06/22/2008, -1/+1> Because they aren't interested in you

          I wasn't speaking about only myself. Every single male I know under 40 that has a job and a college education is single. Women just aren't interested in men anymore. Before they had to be for security, but these days their real desires (or lack thereof) shine through.

          > Western men seem to be having a problem 'getting it up' nowadays.

          I think more the problem is finding someone to get it up with rather than the ability to do so.
    • Ladycomet, on 06/23/2008, -0/+0That makes one of us. I can't wait that long.... guess I'll get a Sybian instead.
  • fudged71, on 06/21/2008, -3/+24what is the price on a fleshlight these days?

    /kidding. don't answer
    • WesleyD, on 06/22/2008, -4/+9Get the STU insert, it's pretty awesome. :-p
      • Brad324, on 06/22/2008, -3/+9you seem to have an indepth knowledge of these devices, and somehow that leaves me highly disturbed by your comment.
        • Daggerfall, on 06/23/2008, -2/+1Dont boo 'em 'till you tried 'em, they're awesome!
      • Recluse, on 06/22/2008, -1/+7I'm afraid to ask what that is.
        • funkypenquin, on 06/22/2008, -0/+6I am afraid to say I know what it is...
  • ichbeineinrcg, on 06/21/2008, -1/+30My lover is currently Tickle Me Elmo. Does that count as robot sex, or does there need to be more circuitry?
    • Ortheos, on 06/22/2008, -2/+14Technically elmo is not a robot. You're having sex with a stuffed puppet. Sorry.
    • carpespasm, on 06/22/2008, -1/+2I'm pretty sure tickle me elmo isn't much more than the voice box from a birthday card and a vibrator. That's not far from a sex robot, but since it's elmo I'm fairly sure it's closer to just being furry.
    • Gregbertt, on 06/22/2008, -1/+2I am removing that toy from my daughter's room this instant. Not because of the potential for abuse, but because of the image you've now implanted in my mind. Can't be in the same house with that thing ever again.
  • travis6690, on 06/22/2008, -2/+35Good news for Digg users.
  • WafflesID, on 06/22/2008, -2/+23this is digg. In 2008 your lover might be a robot.
  • duddy, on 06/22/2008, -2/+15http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs23/f/2007/322/1/e/Jen ...
  • zarvensha, on 06/22/2008, -1/+8As if I didn't have enough issues without having to reboot every time I wanted to get laid!
    • badassninja, on 06/22/2008, -0/+3No, it runs linux, very stable.
    • crazyjake, on 06/22/2008, -0/+4nothing worse than getting blue balls from a blue screen!
  • EggNogIceCream, on 06/22/2008, -0/+42What about Electro Gonorrhea: The Noisy Killer?
  • iamdon, on 06/22/2008, -12/+301101001011001100010000001111001011011110111010100100000011000110110000101101110001000000111001001100101011000010110010000100000011101000110100001101001011100110010000001111001011011110111010100100000011000010111001001100101001000000111001001100101011000010110010001111001001000000110011001101111011100100010000000110010001100000011010100110000
    • DemonDomen, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2Yes, I'm ready for 2050.

      01011001011001010110000101101000001011000010000001001001001000000110000101101101
    • crimsonskyzs, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2no it just means you know how to copy and paste
    • iamdon, on 06/22/2008, -0/+301100100011101010110011101100111001000000110010001101111011101110110111000100000011000100111100100100000011010000111010101101101011000010110111001101111011010010110010001110011
    • blackjack75, on 06/22/2008, -0/+3By 2050 computers might not be using bits with only two values.
  • 2clone, on 06/22/2008, -6/+45MyBabyman will finally be able to get some.
    • Haoie, on 06/22/2008, -0/+40Even robot women have standards.
    • aenima987, on 06/22/2008, -0/+4I think he has a kid actually. God knows how...
      • 2clone, on 06/22/2008, -1/+2Oh Mrbabyman is a HE? from the flickr pics I thought she was a fat ugly chick. The long hair and boobs kinda throw you off.
  • Sleepykangaroo, on 06/22/2008, -0/+3But im already in love with my toaster? does that count?!
  • BossKey, on 06/22/2008, -0/+49"It looks like you're attempting to initiate foreplay. Would you like some help with that?"
  • whordon, on 06/22/2008, -5/+8I can just see it:
    Error...Malfunction
    God dammit my d***k is stuck again!
    * waits for reboot *
    • Wilsomatic, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2I'll be comfortable when there's no such thing as printer jams.
  • spidsta, on 06/22/2008, -1/+24what? No Marilyn Monrobot comment yet?
  • Neuz89, on 06/22/2008, -1/+12Lucy Lie-bot here i come!
  • Awspire, on 06/22/2008, -0/+6Keep that special someone in your life feeling fresh and clean with our new and improved line of RoboDouche products. Now, specially formulated with WD-69.
  • 4eloBek, on 06/22/2008, -0/+4At the age of 100+ i dont think i would care that much...
  • scot333, on 06/22/2008, -2/+22by then gay robots still wont be able to get married.
    • badassninja, on 06/22/2008, -1/+7They could just flash their firmware to change their desires.
    • Bennessy, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1The term is Robosexuals.
  • Kornstalx, on 06/22/2008, -0/+23Love the ad placement...

    http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff157/Kornstalx ...
  • XternalHD, on 06/22/2008, -0/+7Bender said its wrong for a Fembot and a human to be together.
  • Torx, on 06/22/2008, -0/+1"Honey, run upstairs and change your mother's lipo cells, we need dinner made."
  • gridbread, on 06/22/2008, -1/+1Relevant to my interests.
    Though I probably won't care by then, I'd be too old.
  • djchester, on 06/22/2008, -2/+24DON'T DATE ROBOTS!
    http://www.videosift.com/video/Futurama-Dont-Date- ...
  • DrSnugglebunny, on 06/22/2008, -0/+24Lucy Liu robot: "I'll always remember you, Fry... [monotone voice] MEMORY DELETED."
  • kushin, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2so they mean to say flesh light will evolve into a more complete organism ?
  • loopyloopy, on 06/22/2008, -0/+8robosexual ;-)

    2050 is too late!
  • CTK14A, on 06/22/2008, -1/+13"We need a constitutional amendment to outlaw robosexual marriage." - Jenna Bush's 2052 campaign platform
  • djadamjay, on 06/22/2008, -1/+33as long as the bitch ain't running Vista...
    • loopyloopy, on 06/22/2008, -1/+18hey at least she'd go down on you
      • badassninja, on 06/22/2008, -4/+13No, she would just say your ram needs to be longer to fill her massively huge minimal resources hole. When trying to play with her ***** she would lock up and say, this action require authorization to complete, do you authorize yourself to play with my *****? She would look great but move very very slow. She would destroy your cell phone so you couldn't use it to record her copyrighted performance while the guy next door is recording the whole thing anyways. You would ALWAYS get STDs. And every time before you start she would inform you that she is in charge at all times, if you agree pull her hair.
    • keviniskool, on 06/22/2008, -1/+3What's wrong with that? She's looks good and moves slow.
    • caudron, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2I'd still do her, but it'd be a grudge *****. ;)
  • swatward, on 06/22/2008, -6/+3Guaranteed this is just some ***** prediction that will never actually happen.
  • kenvsryu, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2I'd love a bionic arm that can carry cars or gentle enough for love.
  • BossKey, on 06/22/2008, -0/+27I, for one, welcome our new Jessica Albot overlords.
  • theholotrope, on 06/22/2008, -1/+31RILF
  • bitterbug, on 06/22/2008, -0/+20Women have had robot lovers since someone added a vibration function to a dildo.
  • geekchic, on 06/22/2008, -0/+6One of the more serious questions posed by this issue though is how to deal with peadophillia. The core agument against peadophillia is the lack of informed concent from the minor - but what if a robot could be built which has the physical attributes of a youg child?

    Would society adapt to accept that sexual relationship as it is no longer harming children - or would that sexual desire still be illegal?
    • NecroDigg, on 06/22/2008, -0/+5Of course it would be legal. A robot child is no different from a robot adult. They're ***** robots.
      • geekchic, on 06/22/2008, -0/+7You say "of course it would be legal" - but personally I have doubts as humans can be very odd creatures at times (most of the time frankly).
    • gryphon50, on 06/22/2008, -0/+3they might outlaw it because they might think it would encourage people to try the real thing. I was reading an article on "RealDolls" which are not robots, they're just very expensive sex dolls, but the manufacturer gets constant requests for child dolls and he refuses to make them. Even if he wanted to, I don't think it would be allowed though. On a side note, he has also gotten requests to make dog dolls and one doll that looked like the requestor's mother. A bit disturbing.
  • blackmesa, on 06/22/2008, -4/+4The only robot-human relationship I'm interested in involves a heavy-calibre rifle. SKYNET: NEVER FORGET!
  • Skurt, on 06/22/2008, -13/+2This is Great! I thought we'd have to wait until 6565!

    In the year 2525
    If man is still alive
    If woman can survive
    They may find

    In the year 3535
    Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
    Everything you think, do, or say
    Is in the pill you took today

    In the year 4545
    Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
    You won't find a thing to do
    Nobody's gonna look at you

    In the year 5555
    Your arms are hanging limp at your sides
    Your legs not nothing to do
    Some machine is doing that for you

    In the year 6565
    Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife
    You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
    From the bottom of a long black tube

    In the year 7510
    If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then
    Maybe he'll look around himself and say
    Guess it's time for the Judgement day

    In the year 8510
    God's gonna shake his mighty head
    He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
    Or tear it down and start again

    In the year 9595
    I'm kinda wondering if man's gonna be alive
    He's taken everything this old earth can give
    And he ain't put back nothing

    Now it's been 10,000 years
    Man has cried a billion tears
    For what he never knew
    Now man's reign is through
    But through the eternal night
    The twinkling of starlight
    So very far away
    Maybe it's only yesterday

    In the year 2525
    If man is still alive
    If woman can survive
    They may find

    In the year 3535
    Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
    Everything you think, do or say
    Is in the pill you took today ....(fading
  • mal1964, on 06/22/2008, -0/+4Hopefully I wont have a bionic arm in 2050
    • lamiaconfitor, on 06/22/2008, -0/+1Nah, you'll have to get one just to please the Roboclit.
  • skiiper, on 06/22/2008, -1/+2What about procreation?
    • GlassAgate, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2Simple: human man injects male jelly. Robot takes
      donated egg, and deposits it into range of male jelly.
      Later, take the zygote, and place it in incubation
      chamber, all of which is done inside of robot.
      Robot goes to nutrient pickup stations, and
      consume needed nutrients to feed developing
      human specimen. Incubation chamber is large enough
      to house the child throughout the entire nine and a half
      months. At that point, the child is removed.

      Of course, this raises the question: If a child is grown
      out of a woman, does it need to be removed from
      the incubation chamber after 9 and a half months?
      Perhaps it would benefit the child to leave it in for
      a extra months or two. Who knows. Only research
      will tell.
    • Specializedone, on 06/22/2008, -0/+0Damn, think about this often?
    • Bennessy, on 06/23/2008, -0/+2Well, they did it on Battlestar Galactica, so they should be able to do it in real life.
  • VinnieDaMac, on 06/22/2008, -0/+9The cleanup might be a little tricky.
    • therocksays, on 06/22/2008, -8/+2The cleanup is already tricky.. your mom ***** drips cum from her ***** like all day long
  • hiteshsharma, on 06/22/2008, -0/+1And would that be a made to order? :P
  • ronaldmonster, on 06/22/2008, -1/+6I want Lucy Liu.
    • CrushThemTorg, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2Like the kind you can see in the popcorn stadium?!
    • Tddupre, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2I want Lucy Liubot
  • regression, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2It's the turing test with slap base...

    bow-chicka-bow-wow...
  • ZodiacKiller, on 06/22/2008, -0/+5I would like to put in an order for a MIlla Jovovich circa 1995 bot please.
  • blast_flame, on 06/22/2008, -1/+6Yay! The singularity is going to be great!
  • myass666mlong, on 06/22/2008, -1/+3and real flesh be only for poets..
  • SPARTACVS, on 06/22/2008, -0/+8"Going on a year now I ain't had nothin' be'twixed my nethers that ain't run on batteries!" -Kaylee
  • CrushThemTorg, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2To quote that episode of Sealab 2021 where they play the underwater robot prison guards in football: "Rubrubrubrub my robot ass."

    (God. That show got really awful toward the end.)
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