Kate Devlin – författare

'Illuminating, witty and written with a wide open mind' - Sunday TimesAn exploration of humans, sexuality, interaction and technology through the lens of the sex robot.The idea of the seductive sex robot is the stuff of myth, legend and science fiction. From the myth of Laodamia in Ancient Greece to twenty-first century TV shows such as Westworld, robots in human form have captured our imagination, our hopes and our fears. But beyond the fantasies there are real and fundamental questions about our relationship with technology as it moves into the realm of robotics.Turned On explores how the emerging and future development of sexual companion robots might affect us and the society in which we live. It explores the social changes arising from emerging technologies, and our relationships with the machines that someday may care for us and about us. Sex robots are here, and here to stay, and more are coming. Computer scientist and sex-robot expert Kate Devlin is our guide as we seek to understand how this technology is developing. From robots in Greek myth and the fantastical automata of the Middle Ages through to the sentient machines of the future that embody the prominent AI debate, she explores the 'modern' robot versus the robot servants we were promised by twentieth century sci-fi, and delves into the psychological effects of the technology, and issues raised around gender politics, diversity, surveillance and violence. This book answers all the questions you've ever had about sex robots, as well as all the ones you haven't yet thought of.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Love and Sex with Robots 2016 in December 2016, in London, UK. The 12 revised papers presented together with 1 keynote were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 38 submissions.The papers of the Second International Conference have been accepted and reviewed in 2015 but could not be presented as there was no conference in 2015 but at the conference in 2016. The topics of the conferences were as follows: robot emotions, humanoid robots, clone robots, entertainment robots, robot personalities, teledildonics, intelligent electronic sex hardware, gender approaches, affective approaches, psychological approaches, sociological approaches, roboethics, and philosophical approaches.The papers from the First International Conference 2015 were as follows: The Impact of a Humanlike Communication Medium on The Development of Intimate HumanRelationship Kissenger – Development of a Real-Time Internet Kiss Communication Interface for Mobile Phones Sex with Robots for Love Free EncountersThe papers from the Second International Conference 2016 were as follows: Why Not Marry a Robot? Sex Robots from the Perspective of Machine Ethics Affective Labor and Technologies of Gender in Wei Yahua’s “Conjugal Happiness in the Arms of Morpheus” Teletongue: A Lollipop Device For Remote Oral Interaction ROMOT: a Robotic 3D-Movie Theater Allowing Interaction and Multimodal  Experiences For the Love of Artifice 2: Attachment Influences on the Intention to buy a Sex Robot: An empirical study on influences of personality traits and personal characteristics on the intention to  buy a sex robot The Cyborg Mermaid (orhow technè can help the misfits fit in) Exploration of Relational Factors and the Likelihood of a Sexual Robotic Experience Robots, and Intimacies; A Preliminary Study of Perceptions of Robots and Intimacies with Robots

"Upplysande, kvickt och skrivet med ett öppet sinne" – Sunday Times En fascinerande resa genom människans, sexualitetens och teknikens värld med sexroboten i centrum.

Idén om den förföriska sexroboten är en återkommande företeelse i myter, legender och science fiction. Från myten om Laodamia i antikens Grekland till tjugoförsta århundradets TV-serier som Westworld har människoliknande robotar fångat vår fantasi, våra förhoppningar och våra rädslor. Men bortom fantasierna väcks verkliga och grundläggande frågor om vår relation till tekniken när robotikens värld kommer allt närmare.

Turned On utforskar hur framväxten och framtida utveckling av sexuella sällskapsrobotar kan komma att påverka oss och det samhälle vi lever i. Boken undersöker de sociala förändringar som nya teknologier ger upphov till, och våra relationer till maskiner som en dag kanske både vårdar oss, tillfredsställer och bryr sig om oss. Sexrobotarna är redan här, och fler är på väg.

Datorforskaren och sexrobotexperten Kate Devlin vid King's College i London är vår guide när vi försöker förstå hur denna teknik utvecklas. Från robotar i grekiska myter och medeltidens finurliga uppfinningar till framtidens tänkande maskiner som idag står i centrum för AI-debatten – Devlin utforskar den "moderna" roboten i kontrast till de tjänstgörande robotar som utlovades av 1900-talets science fiction. Hon fördjupar sig i de psykologiska effekterna av tekniken och de frågor som rör genuspolitik, mångfald, övervakning och våld.

Den här boken besvarar funderingar du kanske haft om sexrobotar – och även alla de frågor du ännu inte hunnit, eller vågat, ställa.