Will we end up dating life-like robots???

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We'll probably need to eventually just for the sake of having a place to live. They'll be taking our jobs.

Please do.

I think what would happen would be is when some old guy dies, he'd leave his bot to some younger guy who'd inherit her, take her to a bot shop, and have her modified to suit his prefs. Memory wipe would probably be standard, then a bod mod, a core reboot, pairing to the new owner, and the bot is good to go. I think this would also be a good incentive for owners to treat their bots decently in the bargain.

Certain viruses can last on items for year (namely the bloodborn kind) and when you have sex micro tears occur on the penis making you sucxeptable to disease. So secondhand sex bots or shared sex bots could be bad for you. Although i supposee you could bleach or autoclave but I'm not sure if that would damage the bot.

You've given this a lot of thought

Of course!

David Levy has given it a LOT more thought---he wrote a whole book about it (Love And Sex With Robots).

Dr. Kathleen Richardson has also given it a lot of thought---she put up a website and a vid telling everyone why she thinks mechanized romance would be a bad thing. She is obese and has a nose like a carrot, so it's not hard to understand her POV.

Really? Why judge her like that, your making assumptions based on her looks when she may have some very real points. Good you can't even be a Dr without people judging you based on your looks

Enough of your insolence, madam, or I shall replace you with a lovebot!

It is indeed sad that even at the peak of ones excellence they will be judged by things that don't matter, which only Cements the idea that we will all be replaced by androids and sex robots.

Definitely. I feel an itchy trigger finger coming on.

If they made one for women that would listen and give them its undivided attention, that would be a total turn-on.

I think I posted a story from Drudge about how lifelike they are becoming. The story showed robots made in China, the skin and hair looked real, they smiled and even blinked.

If I remember, I think its posted in "Dumb News and Your Views".

A low blow? (pun on words)
ok, time to pull my mind out of the gutter.

Ha! I was thinking the exact same thing then I saw your post!

I agree... especially if he could mow the grass and take out the garbage!

Omg! That would be my dream guy! I'm already trying to get Alexa to dust and make the bed - not working because she needs a body! I did send off for some nice floral clothes for her (they had to be specially made - what in the heck is going to fit a cylinder for Christ's sake?!)

that is because romance and affection is a much more personal, intimate affair than getting from point A to B, neutralizing enemy forces, and plowing your fields.

IMO love can only be provided by another human being, and despite all the boasting from the engineers in that field, and those who fund them, i don't believe we will ever completely accurately simulate a human mind's nuances, flaws and experiences with a computer program anytime soon. it will be a very unsettling uncanny valley until we perfect it, if ever, and incomparable to finding a thinking human.

some people like to keep humans and machines separate.

machines of war, of agriculture and of transportation are much more widely accepted now because they are not required to take on humanoid personalities and THINK, merely following electronic commands and working some gears is all they are required and expected to do. nobody expects a car to have the same thought patterns as a teen girl, or anybody else.

though i imagine attitudes were different back when these technologies were new.

having said that, i feel one upside to "loving" a machine is the ability to turn it off when you don't need, or want it...