I think that in 2050, people will look back at this prediction and laugh....
Humans could marry robots within the century. And consummate those vows.
"My forecast is that around 2050, the state of Massachusetts will be the first jurisdiction to legalize marriages with robots," artificial intelligence researcher David Levy at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands told LiveScience. Levy recently completed his Ph.D. work on the subject of human-robot relationships, covering many of the privileges and practices that generally come with marriage as well as outside of it.
At first, sex with robots might be considered geeky, "but once you have a story like 'I had sex with a robot, and it was great!' appear someplace like Cosmo magazine, I'd expect many people to jump on the bandwagon," Levy said.
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I've found condescendingly calling everyone whose driving irks me "you poor stupid puppies" and ominously narrating their unusual demise helps keep me calm. However, there are some days when that's not enough. Then, I just try to get home without flipping out.
I think that in 2050, people will look back at this prediction and laugh....
I think it will be our robotic masters who will be doing the laughing.
Hey Kat, are you still around?
I think it will be our robotic masters who will be doing the laughing.
Or maybe it will be our genetically-engineered intelligent hairless cat masters who will be laughing....
What?
I'd just like to share with everyone I'm having pizza with ham and pineapple for dinner.
I'd just like to share with everyone I'm having pizza with ham and pineapple for dinner.
Nummy.
There's a pizza place half a block from me that has that....
It's the fault of the conversation a few days ago. That and forgetting to pull a chicken breast out of the freezer.
