“Spending time in a robot relationship could create an inability to form human friendships; robot don’t meet the species specific needs of humans; sex robots could desensitize humans to intimacy and empathy, which can only be developed through experiencing human interaction and mutual consenting relationships; real sexual relationships could become overwhelming because relations with robots are easier.”

Vibrators and porn have already taken some people a long way down this dead end.

I've read a few articles about these sexbots in Japan. The men complain that Japanese women are cold-hearted greedy selfish bitches. And they claim they are in love with their dolls. They take them on dates (in a wheelchair), spend all their time with them, talk openly about how much they love them, how much nicer they are than Japanese women, etc. And 1 in 5 Japanese men at age 50 have never been married. Even so, they are only selling about 2,000 sexbots a year for around $7,000. So it is on the rise but it isn't real huge yet, even in Japan. And in Japan, there is no real social penalty for a man to have these dolls.

I, for one, shall welcome our new fembot overlords!

I'm there.

At 15k, it's a steal.

In a world with every kind of porn you can imagine (and plenty that you can't), it seems a little surprising they haven't made a niche for that.

But I think the lack of fembot porn tells us something. The men who are buying these are buying them as companions, not just as a sexual outlet like buying some cheesy Fleshjack to get off with. Heck, they even have Fleshjack porn, as lame as that is. But no fembot porn really.

These guys have an emotional attachment to the whole fembot scene. They want to date them, take them out on the town, hang out at beaches and parks with their fembot, etc.

It's a whole Thing, man.     : )

But I think the lack of fembot porn tells us something.

I've never seen fembot porn but always figured it was cartoonish or animated. Think fritz the cat.

If that pic is actually of a robot being sold today for 15k, i'm pretty impressed.

Now I realize why I didn't like this fembot.

She is short and has hips/thighs like Kimberly Guilfoyle. Or maybe Bruce Jenner.

I have to admit, they are doing a very good job overall with the aesthetics of these fembot dolls by measures like muscle contours and skin texture and in subtle things like how flesh gathers/folds in various postures, things that affect a human being as well. At first glance of these dolls, not as many sirens go off as, for instance, a department store mannequin.

I've been waiting to see if they produce a female sex doll that has optional luxury SheMale accessory package so a man can turn his sex doll into a she-male sex doll for only an extra $500-$700.

If they don't have it yet, you'll see this kind of sick crap in the next few years.

Now I realize why I didn't like this fembot.

I'm still not ready to swear that's not a human model.

I do not want to become known as LF's resident sexbot expert. LOL

I'm still not ready to swear that's not a human model.

Look at my video. I think it is.

But, hell, you're halfway to thinking about buying one already. Heh-heh.

Look at my video. I think it is.

Holy crap.

That's unreal.

That's unreal.

The animatronic eyes creep me out the most.

The video mentions that these are real love-dolls, much more than just sex dolls. They are intended to be artificial girlfriends, not just a masturbation device. They want to create emotional attachment, not just provide a sexual outlet.

They want to create emotional attachment, not just provide a sexual outlet.

If there are places where humans should not go, one of those places might be forming intimate relationships with inanimate objects.

I just don't see a future in it.

I just don't see a future in it.

I do. There are a lot of lonely people out there. And modern women are increasingly just too much work.

If they make them a little more realistic and have some lively AI speech programs and add a few doodads for better sex action, they'll sell many millions of these things, certainly across Asia.

I do.

A future requires propagation of the species.

I don't see sexbots as being able to deliver a mini-me.

A future requires propagation of the species.

I think artificial wombs and gene editing of embryos is in the near future. In the range of 5-10 years. I think people with high incomes already are doing some of it on the QT.

" She'll still be equipped with all of those those scary real body parts her inanimate cousins have, but she won't be able to give you a handjob, she won't thrust her hips or go down on you - at least not at first."

I think I'll pass on this one.

I think I'll pass on this one.

I notice you aren't ruling it out entirely.     : )

I've been waiting to see if they produce a female sex doll that has optional luxury SheMale accessory package so a man can turn his sex doll into a she-male sex doll for only an extra $500-$700.

Why would you want that? Yuck!

If they make them a little more realistic and have some lively AI speech programs and add a few doodads for better sex action, they'll sell many millions of these things, certainly across Asia.

I will wait when they will be able to cook well, do the house chores, shopping, have a good beer always ready, make up interesting stories for goodnight, sing and dance, cheer you up when sad and fix your computer.

Did I miss anything?

I will wait when they will be able to cook well, do the house chores, shopping, have a good beer always ready, make up interesting stories for goodnight, sing and dance, cheer you up when sad and fix your computer.

Okay, then I'll put you down for a 'yes'.

Looking around the last 10 years, the 21st century really does suck for women.

Why would you want that? Yuck!

Beats me. In the era of porn, men are into all kinds of bizarre stuff. I've never understood the appeal of she-male porn or transgendery porn. Yet there's a lot of that stuff out there. And it isn't just some marginal fetish apparently.