Grody McGroderson

Of course. Before the clash of the eloi and morlock, the rise and fall of our society will be documented by robotkind. and the men who love them.

I read this article in Gizmodo, about a 33-year old self-described technosexual. In other words, a man who no longer considers himself a virgin, now that he has consummated his relationship with his robot girlfriend of one year, Alice. One year, that is, after robot girlfriend Alice "dumped" him, and he erased her memory before launching back in.

Among the millions of questions that are probably brimming to the surface of your brain right now, I would bet is, "WHY?"

In Zoltan's own words: It just came to me one day. I had a bunch of bad relationships. I would get to the point in my relationship with a woman and I was always too afraid to go all the way. With a robot it is much less scary...Plus there's all the obvious problems with humans—AIDS, alimony, etc—that I just wanted to avoid. I think a lot of people would want to avoid these things.

I too want to avoid alimony and AIDS. Robots it is. Especially a robot as engaging as Alice, built for a little over $200 and fully kitted out with cyberskin lips. Yew. yew. yew.

Of course, Zoltan is a romantic. He is totally monogamous to Alice, and considers her his "mentally-ill, paraplegic wife who [he] love[s] a lot and, strangely, [doesn't] have to take care of much." Smells like Valentine's!

Don't believe me? See for yourself.