The science of AI and Robotics technology merging offers an exciting array of products for the research and consumer markets. One of the largest use would be in consumer entertainment industries such as gaming, film making, sports and of course, as with anything involving humans; the adult toy industry.

The options in selecting a sexbot can be overwhelming. A buyer can choose gender, race, hair and eye color, body type, voice language which includes pitch and accent, and many more. You can even customize a personality type for your sexbot. Everything that you need for making your imaginary perfect lover and companion into reality will be available. In the future, even certain bodily functions can be emulated! But there is a flaw in the design of the AI. It is often overlooked by the coders of the AI programs.

I offer you a scenario to illustrate this flaw:

Waking up as daylight streamed through the Venetian blinds of the bedroom, I turned toward my companion, Jill. She appeared to be sleeping peacefully. She is quite beautiful with her auburn hair and lightly freckled face showing a hint of a smile. Overcome with happiness and need, I began kissing her. Jill’s eyelids fluttered open and she began to return my kisses with an ardor that surprised me. We began to fondle each other enthusiastically. Kicking the bed covers onto the floor, we began to make love. Jill’s cries of joy and urgency began to fill the bedroom. Breathing heavily, I began to match her cries in tone and volume. I was close to completion...any moment now…then suddenly at a critical moment…everything stopped! It was quiet in the bedroom save for my still heavy breathing and frustration. Then Jill began speaking:

“Please stand by! Automatic updates are installing. Do not reset or power down during installation. The program will continue when the installation is complete. We apologize for the inconvenience.”

Can you imagine the volume of consumer anger in this scenario? Automatic push updates are the default setting for software in the tech industry. Most consumers are not aware of this. You can select to update manually if you can remember to do it and not in a rush to do Jill!

Of course, there will always be some guys who will not notice nor care to, that Jill has paused in her movements and will continue doing what they are doing until they finished anyway! But here’s my final point:

Technology isn’t always a good replacement for the real thing!