RE: Sexbots

Billy Brown (bbrown@conemsco.com)
Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:41:10 -0600

Anders Sandberg wrote:
> And we end up in the special purpose entity discussion again. Of
> course, one might argue that sexbots with the right hedonic circuitry
> might even have better lives than humans ;-)

Well, that's certainly the intelligent way to build them :-)

What do you think about the organic body approach to humanoid robotics? I'm thinking it solves a lot of problems with appearance, power supply and mechanical reliability, but I'm not sure how bad the interface problem would be. I'd certainly expect neural interface technology to be advanced enough by 2020 to allow computerized muscle control, but what about the more subtle issues?

Billy Brown, MCSE+I
bbrown@conemsco.com