In 10-20 years, robotics technology will probably be good enough that someone will be able to build an autonomous tentacled robot that can do a live real-world version of Japanese tentacle porn. It would be a very strange and high-end sex toy.
The joke was always that if there were cheap, effective sexbots, men would never go back to women, but what if it turned out to be the other way around...?
Come to think of it, would different orientations be affected in different proportions?
Hmm... taking this seriously for a moment.... I think the people who would be happy for years on end with just sexbots probably shouldn't be in relationships or the dating pool anyway. So the people who just want to get off can have their sexbots, and the people who want relationships will end up in relationships with other people who want to be in relationships. Everyone wins.
On a further note, I imagine that most autonomous sexbots will be tame for fear of lawsuits, which will of course encourage a community of hackers that mod their sexbots to deliver rougher sex. Then someone will accidentally die (or commit suicide by programming a sexbot to murder them during sex) and there will be a big titillated hypocritical pulp media circus.
i should probably get my own blog instead of dumping ideas in other peoples' comments
2010-03-09 13:45 physical kei, a play on "visual kei"
we're saturated with visual information, but for the most part (well, us nerds at least) totally deprived of physical contact with other humans. most of us can't bring ourselves to reach out and touch another, for fear of rejection or over-analysis, or simple lack of practice. now, add to this the masses of pent up horny japanese boys and young men, and modern haptic telepresence robotics. what do you get? an opportunity!
so far, teledildonics has been confined to dark corners of the internet, hidden away where none may see. but differing public standards for what is "appropriate" in japan mean we can do things that would never see the light of day in america. there is an "idol" phenomenon, which causes teenage girls and boys to obsessively freak out over a particular celebrity. and a "fan service" phenomenon, where they perform ridiculous semi-sexual acts on stage. there is a "tentacle rape" phenomenon, which may have originated due to american-imposed censorship laws, (however, see "the dream of the fisherman's wife") but nonetheless has become a fetish. there are also many beautiful japanese women who have rape fantasies, and would do anything for a chance at being an idol, although they would never admit it.
the main obstacle seems to be developing a proof of concept haptic tentacle, without spending a million dollars on each prototype. ideally each concert-goer would have their own tentacle, and the tentacles would roam about on-stage, or attached to mobile platforms, controlled by the stage crew. it's probably too expensive though, so instead, each concert-goer gets a "touch display" sleeve (that goes on their arm, you pervert! (although...(heh heh))) which mirrors the tactile and temperature input from the arm*, which is controlled by a VIP ticket-holder or whoever. It might be necessary because of social reasons to disguise which person is controlling the arm, so high power actuators on the arm itself to physically mirror slave tentacles could be used. I am thinking fluidic muscles are a perfect match for both master and slave devices.
An interesting twist on this concept is to just have tentacles everywhere any nobody knows who's tentacle is touching whom. Tentacle cafe. This can work, if the recent "dining in the dark" phenomenon is any clue.
* see also "ultrasound tactile display" and focused far infrared light, for a contact-free solution
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Date: 2010-05-12 12:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-12 04:55 pm (UTC)Come to think of it, would different orientations be affected in different proportions?
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Date: 2010-05-12 09:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-12 09:44 pm (UTC)On a further note, I imagine that most autonomous sexbots will be tame for fear of lawsuits, which will of course encourage a community of hackers that mod their sexbots to deliver rougher sex. Then someone will accidentally die (or commit suicide by programming a sexbot to murder them during sex) and there will be a big titillated hypocritical pulp media circus.
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Date: 2010-05-12 10:25 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-05-12 09:47 pm (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK49EqZ-M1I
hey that was my idea!
Date: 2010-06-13 03:59 am (UTC)2010-03-09 13:45
physical kei, a play on "visual kei"
we're saturated with visual information, but for the most part (well, us nerds at least) totally deprived of physical contact with other humans. most of us can't bring ourselves to reach out and touch another, for fear of rejection or over-analysis, or simple lack of practice. now, add to this the masses of pent up horny japanese boys and young men, and modern haptic telepresence robotics. what do you get? an opportunity!
so far, teledildonics has been confined to dark corners of the internet, hidden away where none may see. but differing public standards for what is "appropriate" in japan mean we can do things that would never see the light of day in america. there is an "idol" phenomenon, which causes teenage girls and boys to obsessively freak out over a particular celebrity. and a "fan service" phenomenon, where they perform ridiculous semi-sexual acts on stage. there is a "tentacle rape" phenomenon, which may have originated due to american-imposed censorship laws, (however, see "the dream of the fisherman's wife") but nonetheless has become a fetish. there are also many beautiful japanese women who have rape fantasies, and would do anything for a chance at being an idol, although they would never admit it.
the main obstacle seems to be developing a proof of concept haptic tentacle, without spending a million dollars on each prototype. ideally each concert-goer would have their own tentacle, and the tentacles would roam about on-stage, or attached to mobile platforms, controlled by the stage crew. it's probably too expensive though, so instead, each concert-goer gets a "touch display" sleeve (that goes on their arm, you pervert! (although...(heh heh))) which mirrors the tactile and temperature input from the arm*, which is controlled by a VIP ticket-holder or whoever. It might be necessary because of social reasons to disguise which person is controlling the arm, so high power actuators on the arm itself to physically mirror slave tentacles could be used. I am thinking fluidic muscles are a perfect match for both master and slave devices.
An interesting twist on this concept is to just have tentacles everywhere any nobody knows who's tentacle is touching whom. Tentacle cafe. This can work, if the recent "dining in the dark" phenomenon is any clue.
* see also "ultrasound tactile display" and focused far infrared light, for a contact-free solution