Just as we've developed snack foods that appeal to us more than real food, perhaps we'll see robots that appeal to us more than real people. As we redefine "sex" away from reproduction, perhaps robosexuality will just be seen as another preference. Already, one in five people in the United Kingdom say they'd be willing to get down and "dirty with a droid." Presumably, as the sexbots get sexier, and the idea less unfamiliar, the numbers will go up.Reynolds jokes about the future's Marilyn Monroebots and George Clooneybots. We've written twice about the decreased interest in sex-with-a-human-partner in Japan, first here in 2011, and again here in 2013. It's obviously no coincidence that the world's most advanced sex doll is designed and manufactured in Japan.
An article in The Daily Beast quotes a schoolteacher as follows:
It seems to have got to the stage where people would rather have sex with something that knows exactly what it’s doing, where we know exactly how it will react, and how long it will take, and how good it will be.Not yet, but soon true, particularly for socially awkward nerds of both genders.
