Chatbots the perfect sex slaves

28 October 2016 - 09:24 By ©The Daily Telegraph

Men are increasingly turning to virtual assistants to have sexually explicit conversations. Some teenagers and truckers have developed feelings for female- and male-voiced chatbots.Ilya Eckstein, CE of Robin Labs, said his company's virtual assistant, Robin, was used by some men for up to 300 conversations a day. He said it was "mostly teenagers, and truckers without girlfriends"."People are lonely and bored. As well as the people who want to talk dirty, there are men who want a deeper relationship or companionship. People want to flirt, to dream about a subservient girlfriend, or even a sexual slave," he said.Virtual assistants, such as the iPhone's Siri and Microsoft's Cortana, are included on smartphones and computers, allowing users to voice commands such as "Call mum".Eckstein believes 5% of interactions with his company's chatbot are sexually explicit.Deborah Harrison, a writer for Microsoft's Cortana, said: "a good chunk of the volume of early-on inquiries" were about the chatbot's sex life. ..

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