Sex robot ADDICTION: Clinics braced for humans HOOKED on cyborgs like ‘problem drinkers’

The creation of artificially intelligent sex robots that resemble humans has provoked a heated debate about the social and health consequences.

Meanwhile, the market for talking and moving robots made for sexual pleasure is on the rise, with makers from across the world selling them for thousands of pounds.

One implication discussed by experts is their capacity to induce addiction to sex.

Psychological therapist Dr Thaddeus Birchard told Daily Star Online that life-like robots featuring AI could be another outlet for sex addicts to express their compulsion.

Dr Birchard, clinical director of the Marylebone Centre for Psychological Therapies, said a sex addict is comparable to an alcoholic in that they’re seeking escapism.

Although cyborgs might not necessarily increase sex addiction, Dr Birchard said, they serve the same purpose as alcohol for people with drinking issues.

“It would just be another way of expressing sexual activity or addiction,” Dr Birchard, author of Overcoming Sexual Addiction – A Self Help Guide, said.

Those little "smiley" face emojis come on my Android phone keypad. I access them like I would switching from the alpha keypad to the numbers keypad...except it's a symbol keypad. There must be a few hundred of them....everything from faces to unicorns to buildings to cake slices...and the number seems to grow with each Android system update. They have an underlying code number like below, treated like html, I guess. You click on the smiley face and the keyboard automatically inserts the code...which then displays as a symbol in the final posted comment. (In the samples below, remove the "space" between the ampersand (&) and the pound symbol (#). I had to put the space in to show you the code, otherwise it would come up as a face or symbol. There are 2 spaces in the double codes.):

Sample... &space#128513;

& #128513; ...is a 😁

& #128526; ...is a 😎

& #129412; ...is a 🦄

& #128081; ...is a 👑

& #128052; ...is a 🐴

& #127856; ...is a 🍰

& #128026; ...is a 🐚

& #127969; ...is a 🏡

& #128509; ...is a 🗽

& #127875; ...is a 🎃

& #129418; ...is a 🦊

& #127464;& #127473; ...is a 🇨🇱

& #127482;& #127480; ...is a 🇺🇸

There's probably a list of these things on the internet. It would be grueling to put these in as code. Much easier since it's already on my phone keypad and I can tap the symbol I want to insert.

[ “I really have no idea why some men might be drawn to these robot women.”

See how you’re talking?... ]

I didn’t say that I was responding to it. (see post #48....)

but if you see post #48 you will REGRET IT!

giving you fair warning!

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