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Should you have sex with robots? Experts weigh in
CNBC ^ | November 4, 2015 | Arjun Kharpal

Posted on 11/04/2015 10:42:29 AM PST by C19fan

Should we be having sex with robots?

It's a question that has sparked fierce debate among moralists and the robotics industry. And it turns out, they're all split on what role machines should play in future relationships.

During a discussion at the Web Summit technology conference in Dublin on Wednesday, experts warned about the dangers of getting intimate with robots.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: robots; sex
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To: C19fan

61 posted on 11/04/2015 11:41:45 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: TexasCajun

What happens when the milking machine doesn’t stop until it gets 20 gallons?


62 posted on 11/04/2015 11:44:01 AM PST by glorgau
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To: Yaelle
You make a couple good points. However, even though many young women now want the freedom to emulate the natural immaturity and idiocy of young men, I don't see a time in my future that female sensuality/sexuality will not resonate with normal men. We are a hunka, hunka burning Hound Dogs. Ha!

Power to the Heterosexuals!
Power to the Feminine Mystique!
Power to the Masculinity!

63 posted on 11/04/2015 11:44:22 AM PST by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever)
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To: A CA Guy

kosher as well?

Heck no! In fact it needs an attachment that will cook bacon!


64 posted on 11/04/2015 11:44:23 AM PST by rfreedom4u (Rick Chollett for President!)
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To: rfreedom4u

Don’t they have an Akbar model that shoots cooked bacon?


65 posted on 11/04/2015 11:48:16 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

LOL, it was funny in my mind, but creepy when coupled with the image!


66 posted on 11/04/2015 11:48:34 AM PST by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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To: treetopsandroofs

Interesting reading at your “source”.

And here I thought I knew everything about....never mind.

I think I’ll provide a excerpt. For those interested. The rest, close your eyes.

And her ‘tis:

For centuries, doctors had been treating women for a wide variety of illnesses by performing what is now recognized as masturbation. The “pelvic massage” was especially common in the treatment of female hysteria in Great Britain during the Victorian Era, as the point of such manipulation was to cause “hysterical paroxysm” (orgasm) in the patient.[1] However, not only did they regard the “vulvar stimulation” required as having nothing to do with sex, but reportedly found it time-consuming and hard work.[2]

One of the first vibrators was called the ‘Tremoussoir’ invented in France during 1734.[3] The first steam-powered vibrator was called the “Manipulator”, which was invented by American physician George Taylor, M.D. in 1869.[4] This machine was a rather awkward device, but was still heralded as some relief for the doctors who found themselves suffering from fatigued wrists and hands.[5] Around 1880, Dr. Joseph Mortimer Granville patented an electromechanical vibrator. The historical fiction film Hysteria features a reworked history of the vibrator focusing on Dr. Granville’s invention.[6]


67 posted on 11/04/2015 11:52:53 AM PST by saleman
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To: stephenjohnbanker

How do you become an expert?


68 posted on 11/04/2015 11:58:09 AM PST by OLDCU
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To: Hugin

69 posted on 11/04/2015 11:58:38 AM PST by 11th Commandment ("THOSE WHO TIRE LOSE")
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To: Yaelle
"...We may not like it, but women have shaped human development because men wanted us. I believe it was good for civilization..."

I have always regarded this as an under-appreciated observation.

Women have a civilizing effect on humanity. Doesn't mean they are better or worse, but that is an effect they have because they take the edge off of men. There has been many a wild man who was tamed by his love of a woman, and the ongoing effort by women to work with their men on behalf of improving the lives of their families that over the centuries that has been a tide that lifts all boats.

Call me old fashioned, but I believe that in my heart.

And it is one of the reasons that putting women into combat is abhorrent to me, apart from the obvious issues. I view it no differently than a farmer eating his seed corn.

70 posted on 11/04/2015 12:04:47 PM PST by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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To: 11th Commandment

71 posted on 11/04/2015 12:05:20 PM PST by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
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To: C19fan

Only if it’s been “sanitized for your protection”.


72 posted on 11/04/2015 12:06:05 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: rlmorel

As someone once said, without women men would just be bears with furniture.


73 posted on 11/04/2015 12:07:23 PM PST by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
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To: saleman
There are too many things in that one post of yours that made me want to just laugh...

"time-consuming and hard work", indeed!

A steam powered vibrator called "The Manipulator"? I cannot begin to even describe the vision that popped up in my mind!

74 posted on 11/04/2015 12:08:10 PM PST by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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To: Hugin
Many of us are just bears with furniture, nonetheless!

My wife observes that every time she sees me scratch my back on a door frame...:)

75 posted on 11/04/2015 12:09:21 PM PST by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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To: A Navy Vet

That is one of the things that sadden me.

Most guys understand some basic generalizations about men, and most of them are true.

You don’t see nearly as many Internet videos involving women that show things like we do with guys sticking bottle rockets in their behinds so they can serve as human launching pads.

We are generally pretty lame-brained and stupid when we are young, and when women come into the picture, we can reach levels of unfathomable behavior as we do the things guys do.

It seems like now, many young women are hell-bent on proving they can be just as idiotic as many of me and my brothers have been over the years.

I find it depressing. I always enjoyed observing the relative sanity and maturity of women.


76 posted on 11/04/2015 12:19:07 PM PST by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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To: rlmorel

A steam powered vibrator called “The Manipulator”? I cannot begin to even describe the vision that popped up in my mind!


Yea. Well, it does say that it was a “rather awkward device”. We’ve come a long way since 1869!


77 posted on 11/04/2015 12:22:33 PM PST by saleman
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To: Yaelle; A Navy Vet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9BJ7I33dqs

A pastor talks about “Incredible sex”. He talks about focusing on the woman. And also talks about how destructive porn is, as well as pre-marital sex. He said most men don't have orgasm's anymore. Oh sure - they ejaculate - but not the orgasm with all of the associated release of endorphins, etc.

And, with porn you are training your body (like an athlete does) to a certain stimuli. But then when you are with an actual woman - you can't perform! (There is some medical term for it even!)

Pretty eye-opening. He doesn't do much preaching - it is more of a pyschological discussion. He spends time on helping the woman understand the needs of the man as well.

78 posted on 11/04/2015 12:23:06 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: OLDCU

To become an “expert” at any given subject, it is best if you

1) Have one or more advanced degrees.

2) Never worked a private sector job in your life.

3) Are anti-social, or a doctrinaire leftist....either will suffice.

Global warming “experts” are my favorites.


79 posted on 11/04/2015 12:27:36 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: rlmorel
I think you can rig it up to thrash wheat too.


80 posted on 11/04/2015 12:28:59 PM PST by Rodamala
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