In 2045, one in five young people will have sex with a robot on a regular basis, studies say.
Scientists like Dr. Ian Pearson go even further and assure that, by then, sexual relations between human and android (or gynoid, when they look like a woman) will be more frequent than between people.
The sex of tomorrow will be increasingly technological, but not only because humanoid-shaped dolls equipped with Artificial Intelligence and sophisticated operating systems will become popular.
We will also have the possibility of caressing our partner even if they are hundreds of kilometers away, 3D printing an exact replica of the genitalia of another human being and then coordinating their movements with an
app
mobile phone or use technology that makes us feel the orgasm of several people simultaneously in our own body.
The
sextech
,
the union between technology and sex, we will
allow in only one or two decades exploring intimate universes still difficult to imagine.
If the 1970s of the 20th century brought a new sexuality and defied long-standing taboos, we are at the dawn of a much greater revolution: one that will sneak between our sheets, with technology as its captain once again.
Twenty years from now, this market is presumed three times larger than it is today and may multiply by seven by 2050. “We are about to witness the growth of digisexuals: people who have sex almost exclusively with machines. ”According to Neil McArthur, a Canadian university professor with dedicated books on the subject.
In this context, it is likely that we feel mixed emotions when visualizing the fiery erotic scene between Theodor (Joaquin Phoenix) and the robot Samantha from the movie
Her
: a film that shows us, with great doses of emotion, the love relationship between a person and an operating system.
With a very intimate and sensual language, Theodor and Samantha say things like: "I want to touch your face, breasts, the tips of your fingers", "Are you going to kiss me?", Or "I can taste you" and, at times, We find it hard to forget that Samantha has no feelings: she is just a very advanced machine.
It has not been the only film that has eloquently portrayed the most likely scenario of future relationships between people and technology.
Ex Machina
(2015),
Air Doll
(2009) or some chapter of the
Black Mirror
series
are other examples.
Although it seems only science fiction, there are already recreations on the market that go this way.
We have witnessed the birth of robots conceived for sexual practices, such as Harmony, the first erotic machine with Artificial Intelligence, presented in 2018 by the Real Doll company.
It is a life-size doll that is worth around $ 14,000, capable of talking, of memorizing the preferences of its partner or partner and of performing sexual practices such as threesomes or spanking with whips, if that is what we like.
The same company has recently launched Henry, its android version.
Other examples are Emma, from the Chinese company AI-AI or the complete Samantha doll, born from a Spanish mind: that of the nanotechnology expert Sergi Santos, who confessed to having created this invention because his wife did not satisfy his sexual desires.
Samantha also has the peculiarity of interrupting her functions if the other party behaves abusively towards her.
Although these types of inventions have many detractors and not a few opposing voices, in many countries there is no clear legislation that allows their prohibition or that establishes limits to these products.
The report
Future of Sex
, made by several specialists in the field, ensures that being able to have sex with an ex will be a reality that will not take long to come into our lives.
You can also recreate people from our environment, such as our own former partner.
And not only choose the physique of our
sexbot
(sex robot), but also personalize aspects such as their degree of shyness, sympathy or sexual appetite.
Once customized, it will be possible to have conversations with them, carry out joint activities like any couple would do and, of course, carry out different sexual practices.
Usually made of silicone, science is exploring different materials that are increasingly similar to the touch of human skin.
In fact, the dolls designed by Santos are made with thermoplastic elastomer: a component that emulates the sensation of touching a real woman.
These products integrate thermal sensors capable of reacting to touch, while Artificial Intelligence takes care of remembering and adapting the user's sexual preferences.
In Japan, for example, there is a growing number of people with virtual partners, which brings us to remember Akihiko Kondo, who became famous throughout the world for having married with a hologram.
Is there a relationship between the advancement of this technology and the danger of losing the natural connection with other people?
Coincidence or not, the Japanese country is one of those that are at the forefront in sexual digitization and usually fill the capacity of its virtual pornographic events, but it is also one of the nations where the age of first intercourse is later: almost two out of four 30-year-old Japanese are still virgins.
Smart 'sex toys'
Robots are not the only intelligent sex toys that will transform the sex life of the near future.
By 2035, most bedrooms in developed countries will have sex toys, usually to be used in virtual reality settings.
Scientist Ian Pearson, one of the leading futurologists in this field, distinguishes three important technologies that will impact the sector: AI, robotics and 'active skin' technology.
The latter “will cause microscopic devices to be inserted into human skin, very close to blood vessels and nerves, which will allow an external Artificial Intelligence to receive information about the sexual responses of the person, being able to record and reproduce sensations ”, this specialist tells ICON.
In the case of robots or androids, “they can use this technology to directly stimulate the nervous system, adjust their activities to the techniques or fantasies that the person enjoys the most, with information based on a very exact reaction in real time, which will be a lot more effective than the intuition that people now use to try to perceive what our partner likes during sexual intercourse ”, he adds.
The expert is convinced that "after some sessions in which the machine has learned and created a library of sensations about the user, having sex with a robot equipped with AI will be much more rewarding than with any human being."
In contrast to this statement, the sexologist and psychologist Laura Morán explains why these inventions will not be able to replace humans in the medium term: “It is unlikely that a robot knows how to meet the erotic and affective demands, so typical of people. ”.
Goodbye to physical barriers
One of the fields in which the greatest progress will be made is that of remote sex.
People who have long-distance relationships today have it much easier than those couples of a decade or two ago.
Now we can see and hear the other person in real time, even having sex thanks to products
TELEDILDONICS
such as smart interactive vibrators or masturbators male that allow you to
synchronize over the penis the exact movements of a video.
There are also pillows capable of reproducing the heartbeat of your partner or
gadgets such
as Le Kissenger, capable of bringing our lips to our lips, through force sensors, the kiss of our lover, even if it is at the other end of the world.
However, settling for this will soon border on the outdated: sexual devices so advanced are already in development that will make us feel the caresses of our partner in a one hundred percent remote way or printers that allow us to reproduce, from our home, their intimate parts in 3D to feel them with us all the time.
Not to mention the haptic suits that will make us feel all kinds of erotic impulses in any erogenous zone of the body.
The
sexting
will also give a 360 degree turn: the
apps
and social networks not only serve to share content or meet people, but may be held 100% of intercourse within the same software.
This will be done because the devices will not only transmit images and sounds like now, but will also reproduce in the brain the illusion of sharing aromas and caresses, variations in temperature or different levels of force, counting on the contribution of disciplines such as neuroscience.
Innovations in the field of virtual reality will make it possible to recreate interactive erotic scenarios, take part in
multiplayer
online
sex
games or create sexual avatars.
It will be possible to have sex completely à la carte: choose the place where we want the meeting to take place, the physical features, voice, clothes, even the personality or sexual positions that we want our partners to carry out.
Holograms are predicted to improve dramatically in the coming years.
In other words, the line between real and virtual sex is doomed to disappear.
“There are only a few years left before it can be paid for a porn star or other person to offer a virtual oral sex session that, thanks to a device specially designed for this purpose, provides the same physical sensation as if the act were being performed in reality, ”says sex therapist Bryony Cole.
Artificial Intelligence for tailor-made pleasure
The sex of the future, according to the same report, will go through technologies that accurately measure our degree of satisfaction, discovering patterns in our sexual desire.
A combination of AI and sexual technology could have the ability to vastly improve the quality of our orgasms.
Mechanical stimulation could give us more control over pleasure than human stimulation.
It will be possible to easily preconfigure each climax: determine the time we want to dedicate to pleasure, its intensity, even cross these data with those of our partner or partners to result in a much more pleasant sexual encounter.
"The future of the
sextech
sector
is linked to Artificial Intelligence, but also to Big Data", explains to ICON Patricia López, specialist in male sexual well-being and CEO of Myhixel.
"Both technologies will be used to predict behaviors, tastes or patterns and not only to obtain more pleasure, but to guarantee us healthier and higher quality sexual practices, through devices such as accelerometers, which we are already developing."
In other words, technology in the future will help us to control problems such as premature ejaculation, to know our body more and to obtain personalized climaxes.
Augmented reality and immersive entertainment will also help change sexual relationships.
Virtual scenarios in which each party can choose the temperature, the aroma of the environment, the music that helps them connect and a myriad of factors tailored to result in a highly creative and à la carte sexual experience.
Although there are already vaginas and penises created in laboratories and
wearables
capable of measuring the speed and number of repetitions during intercourse, the force of the thrust and some metrics related to satisfaction, we will have, in no more than two decades, devices that make measurements much more reliable and able to challenge the current limits of pleasure.
"The sex of the future will be highly gamified and this places us in danger of creating more and more standards around what intimate satisfaction should be like and asking ourselves to what extent technology could dehumanize sexuality", Laura Morán assures ICON.
The
Future of Sex
report
also predicts the evolution of a type of software that, with the help of neural hearing aids, will be able to match us with people with matching brain patterns.
In this way, technology will be in charge of locating a kind of "ideal sexual partner", as a guarantee of quality intimate relationships (there are already biotechnological projects that propose something similar, such as uBiome).
There is even talk of a specialized layer of the Internet of Things: the Sexnet of Things, in which everything will be connected, including our way of making love.
What seems beyond any doubt is that the
sextech
business
will gain in volume and popularity and more and more people are willing to make technology enter our bedroom as one more.
At the end of the day, defenders claim, this type of encounter prevents diseases such as STDs, unwanted pregnancies, increases personal safety and allows relationships without the need for physical contact (ideal for times of pandemic).
They are also intended to be used for therapeutic purposes and are a great solution for people isolated for different reasons or who decide not to have a partner.
But this change in the way of having relationships also brings with it new ethical, moral and legal debates, which lead us to ask ourselves where the limits of intimacy and privacy of people are, how to contain dangers such as a possible increase in sex addiction or decreased emotional connection with other people.
Zoltan Istvan, a transhumanist who was a candidate to succeed Trump in the White House, has already alerted him: “If scientists are able to reproduce orgasms and caresses in erogenous points in the brain, using only helmets or chips, we could be at the beginning of the end of sex as we know it today ”.
Will the sex of tomorrow really change that much?
Should we be alarmed when we see that millennials, the digital generation, are also the ones who have the least sex with other people compared to their predecessors?
However, if there is one thing that all specialists agree on, it is this: the post-Satisfyer civilization will not conceive of sex without considering machines, in one way or another.
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