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I now pronounce you man and PC

We are sure that many of you are actively interested in Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners. No – not that type of artificial partner.
We refer instead to the PhD thesis of David Levy, a British scientist who has just become Dr David, after Maastricht University awarded his doctorate. He writes: “Trends in robotics and shifting attitudes on marriage are likely to result in sophisticated robots that will eventually be seen as suitable marriage partners.”
We know some of you are making unusual relationship choices, but so far we’re unaware of any one of our readers who is married to his (or her) computer. Unless you know different.

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