Robosexuals

I wish this story was a joke, but as far as I can tell, it isn't. If human relations are too complicated, or too much trouble for you, then you may be interested in building your very own sexbot, just like Zoltan did. And perhaps the most entertaining part of the article, certainly the least disturbing part is that the writer felt the need to note that Zoltan is not his real name. Read, if you will, this troubling, and yet hilarious diatribe:

According to David Levy, president of the International Computer Games
Association, and author of Love and Sex With Robots, by 2050 it will be
commonplace for people to have sex with androids. "Robot sex will become the
only sexual outlet for a few sectors of the population," he said in an interview
in October 2007. "The misfits, the very shy, the sexually inadequate and
uneducable. For different sectors of the population robot sex will vary between
something to be indulged in occasionally, and only when one's partner is away
from home on a long trip, to an activity that supplements one's regular sex
life, perhaps when one's partner is not feeling well, or not feeling like sex
for some other reason."

Unfortunately for poor Zoltan, not even robotic relations have been entirely successful as evidenced by the fact that his robotic 'girlfriend' Alice dumped him and he had to erase her memory. If only that were possible with human women. Still, I would think that being dumped by a robot that you created would be a severe blow to one's ego. But brave Zoltan has persevered.

But this relationship has been good for Zoltan. Alice has made him stop watching porn and start going to church. Not only has this made him a better man, but has endeared her to her mother and father in law. Oh yes, Zoltan and Alice are married. At least in they eyes of the internet, since he downloaded the marriage license.

Yes, it's an interesting and creepy read. I feel like I need a shower now.