You make me feel like a natural ...
In my never ending quest for the esoteric social statement I was drawn to an article in Sputnik International regarding the portends of individuals who have sex with various machines designed for that purpose.In the vein of my UTTER disdain for Roxxxy the seven thousand dollar notebook computer connected foam rubber paramour from a consumer electronics trade show a few years back I reiterate those same thoughts now:
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Just what does this say about the user's social skills?
Now I'm certainly as liberal as the next guy when it comes to freedoms pursued behind closed doors ... and if a person want's to blow seven thousand bucks on a reusable respondent type love doll I suppose that it's all swell but really.
As the title to the Sputnik article intimates:
'In Love' with a Robot? Why Sex with Machines May 'Cause Psychopathic Disorders' ... it's because your interactions are total fantasy with no foundation in those realities which consist of the court and spark behaviors indigenous to real interpersonal relationships where you get in there and talk to another human being pursuant to real human intimacy — or sex and/or love if that's what you're pursuing.
Flipping a switch and having some program spout REAL sweet nothings while sensors tell you how much they enjoy your sensuous touch and what a big manly stud you are simply could never do it for me.
I suppose, to each their own however vast that deep dark chasm between "personality" and "technology" truly is.