Commentary: Will the human-AI marriage ban ultimately be lifted? What happens if you later divorce?

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Not so anymore. Online dating is so mainstream that you’re an outlier if you haven’t ...

The introduction of sex robots will certainly have some potentially negative consequences, but they may be balanced by a few ...

Sex robots are here. They exist. With sufficient money, you could buy one today and have it delivered to you. These robots, by immediate definition, are nothing more than mechanical entities designed ...

Are AI chatbots replacing real human relationships in an increasingly stressful and lonely world? A chatbot may appear to offer constant companionship and a judgment-free space, but the rapid rate at ...

Amir Mizroch spent years deconstructing fairy tales for his children — and thinking that maybe, he could create something out of his analysis and storytelling for a wider audience. In the first ...

Humanoid robots are moving rapidly from research labs into homes, hospitals, warehouses and care facilities, promising tireless help and perfectly patient companionship. Yet as machines grow more ...

Alexa, will you marry me?” When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reported in 2016 that over 250,000 people had proposed to their ...