Technology has wrought many wonders.
But this might be too much of a good thing:
BBC filmmaker Ted Harrison has claimed that it could just be a few short years before developments mean that they can create the feeling of human touch…the technology could be developed that would leave the door open to fans imitating sexual contact with their idols.
Which, in a world where pornography eats up about a seventh of the internet’s capacity, the idea that people will eventually use technology to simulate the wango tango is a dog sniffs dog story. Duh; of course they will.
Perhaps it’s a sign that I do too much political blogging that the first thought that crossed my mind with this story was this question: given the fanatic loyalty liberals have for their politicians, if this technology had been available over this past year, how often would Hillary (and Bill) Clinton and Bernie Sanders have been the subject of, um, transactions?
that people will eventually use technology to simulate the wango tango is a dog sniffs dog story..
Exactly. This technology can’t come soon enough for the poor canines dg has been abusing for years.Question is, will it be able to reproduce the gentle touch of a 90 lb German Shepard?
Brave new world my friends, brave new world.
I don’t normally drink much before noon, but have had to in order to get that image out of my head. I predict this will be declared misogynistic. As in – if you didn’t hate women, why would you want to use this? Hmmm, Maybe due to my computer not changing it’s mind after a consensual relationship and deciding it was assaulted?
Pneumatic.
Japan is already in demographic decline, to the point where even the hint of a virtual reality sex suit is enough to cause massive crowds, so large as to overwhelm developers. You get this technology even slightly more advanced and I don’t think we’ll need to worry about “The Population Bomb” becoming reality.
It’s for this reason I’ve always doubted there would ever be civilization after a real holodeck was created. The generation that developed a device in which the average young man could not discriminate between reality and a fantasy in which Scarlett Johansen really was in love with him and do anything for him would be the last generation of humanity.
nerdbert, that’s a lot of weight to put on Scarlett Johansen’s shoulders, surely there’s a market for holodeck Kim Kardasian, or Miley Cyrus, or Whoopie Goldberg?
Oh sure, we could spread the load around, though I personally would avoid any of the ones you mention just on sleaze grounds — I’d worry about STDs from even a virtual Kardasian, for example. A young Michelle Pfeiffer, Joan Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, Vanessa Williams, or any of a number of others. But given our host’s past exhortations, I thought I might bring up what could possibly be his downfall. 🙂