Category Archives: Pop Futures

Looks Like We’ll Be Waiting Another 43 Years For Robohusbands

Artificial intelligence researcher (and possibly lover) David Levy, in his recently defended thesis, “Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners,” at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, argues that human/robot marriage will first be introduced in Massachusetts in the year 2050. But no need to wait for the state-sanctified confines of matrimony for robot sex; [...]

Wreck & Salvage v. 50 Cent: Of Fembots, Voyeurism, & The Future

In this corner, 50 Cent & (oh man) Justin Timberlake with the best of get-you-laid technology c. 2002:

 
And in this corner, Wreck & Salvage’s re-purposed, retrofit with pop geek robot lust, video remix:

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(big plastic love to Chuck Olsen for the tip)