Love and Sex with Robots
The Evolution of HumanRobot Relationships

Should I create a "robot sex" shelf for this? Probably. Seriously, the book was pretty dull, but I think I knew it was going to be. The history of sex toys part was quite interesting, which is really all that gets this book two stars. It could have made a four-star essay. Be forewarned: reading this......more

This book is a decent summary of the state of erotic robotics circa 2007, but otherwise rather slapdash and under theorized. Levy's premise is that real soon now, we'll have robots, and once we have robots we'll have sex with them. It's difficult to oppose this statement because people are pervs who......more

A perfect example of how many people in the AI industry have little understanding of the mind-brain problem and how to solve it - or, in fact, have no understanding why this IS a problem for their industry. Levy takes a huge amount of dangerous logical leaps in this book, the worst being that if som......more

I wrote the below (see quoted text) when I was halfway through the book. I have to say, my opinion of the book improved with the second half. Levy abandoned a lot of his writing foibles that annoyed me so, and his history of the sex toy industry was awesome. Three stars. "I'm about halfway through th......more

Saw the author in a Colbert Report interview (he was rather amusing but appeared to take himself a bit too seriously) and found this book at my local library. It's a quick read and I finished it over a weekend, in between bouts of being sick. The book is entertaining though I feel automatically marg......more