Sexbots and Posthuman Love

Abstract

This entry discusses human interactions with sexbots, that is, erotic software and material automatic personalities (sex robots), to provide insight into the new dimension of love in technology and media‐bound contemporary culture. It explains the working of erotic machines and digital entities (digients) as well as discusses their impact on the shaping of amorous and sexual relationships today. Outlining the inspirations behind sexbots and their technological/cultural origins, the entry discusses the tradition of nonhuman fetish and people's erotic engagement with digients and automata. With this, it analyzes the problems of posthuman love and the concerns related to the sexual fantasies that become true by means of advancing technological possibilities.