Love & sex with robots : the evolution of human-robot relationships / David Levy.

  • Levy, David N. L.
Date:
2009
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Love and sex with robots

Description

"From Pygmalion falling for his chiselled Galatea, to Dr Frankenstein marvelling at his monster, to the man-meets-machine fiction of Philip K Dick and Michael Crichton, humans have been enthralled by the possibilities of emotional relationships with their technological creations. Synthesizing cutting-edge research in robotics with the cultural history and psychology of artificial intelligence, "Love and Sex with Robots" explores this fascination, and its far-reaching implications. Using examples drawn from around the world, David Levy argues that, once we have conditioned ourselves to feel affection for animate creations, the next logical step is physical intimacy."--Back cover.

Publication/Creation

London : Duckworth Overlook, 2009.

Physical description

xi, 336 pages : black and white illustrations ; 20 cm

Notes

Originally published: New York: HarperCollins, 2007; London: Duckworth Overlook, 2008.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part one: Love with robots -- Falling in love (with people) -- Loving our pets -- Emotional relationships with electronic objects -- Falling in love with virtual people (humanoid robots) -- Part two: Sex with robots -- Why we enjoy sex -- Why people pay for sex -- Sex technologies -- The mental leap to sex with robots.

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    History of Medicine
    TPN.AM
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780715637777
  • 0715637770