Resumen de Fresh face for sex robots
By the end of 2017, a California-based company promises to have a lifelike, artificially intelligent, "sex capable" robot woman ready for sale. Abyss is better known for its life-sized, silicone "love dolls" (mainly female) called RealDolls. They can't move or speak, but for around $7000, their appearance can be customized down to the color of the nail polish. Unlike these inert dolls, the distinguishing characteristic of the coming "Realbotix" line will be its mind--an artificial intelligence that can interact with its user. The first stage will be an app released in April. To begin with, this will let users create a purely digital woman's persona, assigning values to a range of traits including "outgoing", "shy", or "intellectual". Here, Turk examines ethical concerns about how sex robots will change attitudes to sex and relationships abound, as well as what impact they will have on existing prejudices.
