Yet, well short of that far-flung future we see a serious push towards not only creating viable artificial intelligence (AI), but also a push to reach the technological 'holy grail' of incorporating intimacy into the mechanical. In my story, the challenge was for the android to 'complete her function as companion' and getting her human counterpart to see her as a viable being.
What is similar today as in the story, is the human need to fill the void created for those who are either unable or unwilling to obtain or maintain human contact, but still require the fulfillment of intimacy that comes with companionship. At the moment, the 'real money' is in the sexual side of this and that's where 'sex robots' come into play.
Long a whim of sci-fi and fantasy, 'Sex-bots' were always whimsies like the 'Fembots' in the camp spy film, "Austin Powers" or
It wasn't until the film, "Bladerunner" we started to see the very real
and scary potential androids and AI perfectly combined could have on
life as we know it within the 'femme fatale/damsel-in-distress' Replicant 'Rhachel'.The common denominator in all three previous examples is each one was played by an actress pretending to be a 'manufactured being.' Those characters worked because of the innate 'humanity' of the women portraying them. What happens when AI and the means to craft human looking bodies reach the point of 'perfection'?
Can you tell if this is 'woman' or 'machine'?
Here
is a short documentary by the Guardian that looks into this very
question as it stands in 2017. It brings up many valid questions
concerning morality, the rules of 'property' and many more that will
require answering as this tech continues to develop.
Rise of the Sex Robots
You can also read how relations between 'gestated' and 'manufactured' beings may go in the far off future in "The PAnd0RA Ultimatum"
Rise of the Sex Robots
You can also read how relations between 'gestated' and 'manufactured' beings may go in the far off future in "The PAnd0RA Ultimatum"
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