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[Rogerdodger]

Researcher: Humans will wed robots
Oct 11 12:41 PM US/Eastern
MAASTRICHT, Netherlands, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The University of Maastricht in the Netherlands is awarding a doctorate to a researcher who wrote a paper on marriages between humans and robots.

David Levy, a British artificial intelligence researcher at the college, wrote in his thesis, "Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners," that trends in robotics and shifting attitudes on marriage are likely to result in sophisticated robots that will eventually be seen as suitable marriage partners.

Levy's conclusion was based on about 450 publications in the fields of psychology, sexology, sociology, robotics, materials science, artificial intelligence, gender studies and computer-human interaction.

The thesis examines human attitudes toward affection, love and sexuality and concluded that the findings are just as applicable to human interaction with robots of the future as they are to the relationships between humans of today.

Shirley meets Shirley Schmidt-ho:
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[Russ]

A relationship with a micro-processor, how much do you like your Intel chip sets. lol

[underabigw]

Rogerdodger, This is off topic here, but I wanted to ask you how things were going with your MagicJack phone gizmo? Thanks. I always look forward to your interesting posts! UBW

[Rogerdodger]

The magic Jack is cool. Tonight I'm in Branson, Mo. Our hotel has free wireless internet. I plug in my laptop and then the magic jack and I've got free calling as well as voice mail. I still think these should be and will be built into computers the way modems are. The phone companies are toast...eventually.