The Future of Sex and Sexuality

Long-distance kisses, hugs, and caresses. Virtual reality porn stars. Sex robots threatening the world’s oldest profession. Technosexuals living with life-sized dolls. At the dawn of a new sexual revolution, it’s time to face where technology may take the most intimate area of our lives.

If technology is everywhere, why would sex be an exception?
A swarm of apps, such as Tinder, Happn, Grindr or online dating sites, as eHarmony flank the road of technology marching into dating. By now, even genetics is invited into romantic relations to help in figuring out whom we should spend the rest of our lives together. While the revolution of finding a romantic partner through electronic devices has played out in front of our eyes, the impact of technology on the bedroom has not been so upfront. But if technology permeates the entire terrain of human relations, why would sex and sexuality be an exception?
As art and literature have always a leap forward in imagining how our future would look like, some movies already projected what turn our brave, new sexual world would take. Jude Law portrayed a male prostitute robot programmed to mimic love in A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. In Spike Jonze’s beautiful love story, Her, Joaquin Phoenix as the main protagonist had virtual sex with an A.I. operating system. In Ex Machina (2015), Alicia Vikander’s character, a robot able to interpret and respond to feelings, manipulated people in its environment.

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Source: The Medical Futurist - March 6, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Bioethics Cyborgization future porn robotics science fiction sensors sex sexuality technology virtual reality Source Type: blogs