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Article Evaluation

Sex Robots
 * The article is lacking a lot of information that would be useful to know.
 * It does a good job focusing the philosophical arguments about it.
 * But there's no facts about any tangible prototypes being worked on
 * Even with the limited content, there's a lot of references
 * The references come from good sources like BBC, Washington Post, New York Times.
 * The article has some clear bias, leaning toward the negative concerns of it
 * There's a lot of arguments about the damage sex robots could have to intimacy and society, and not much arguments about how it could actually be beneficial or as an alternative safe outlet for sexual gratification.

Areas I can improve on
Talk:The Times of Israel

This article as it is, seems biased against it. It suggests it more as left wing propaganda and seems to point out criticism of it more than anything. In addition there's no information about general information about how it runs now in terms of success.

Trust Me, I'm Lying

This book could use some more context about the converseration it's about. What could be added is context about already existing conflicts of interest of the news media, the truth, and the audience.

Finalize Topic
The topic I chose to write on is Sex Robots. I'm interested in it because even though sex is very taboo to talk about in our society, I think that this has the potential to be a form of media that could significantly change the way we view relationships today. As I mentioned in my article evaluation before, there isn't much meat in the article about tangible prototypes being worked on. In addition, I think there's a whole philosophical side that is left out in the discussion about exploring a less cynical view of what this technology could do to society. I think the main thing that I want to focus on though is on media depictions of relationships with Artificial Intelligence in films such as Her, Ex Machina, and Westworld. After all, our popular entertainment tends to reveal societal values and judgements in a different way than scholarly.

First Draft on Sex Robots in Popular Culture
Intimacy with robots, artificial intelligence, and other human-constructed items are saturated in our media landscape. They provoke questions about what love is, why we crave the need for affection and a challenge to the very notion of pre-existing beliefs about what it means to be human.

Originally Published in 1886, the novel Tomorrow's Eve centers around a fictionalized Edison, who creates a female robot for his lonely patron. While her beauty is apparent, the robot lacks the emotional capabilities to fulfill that hole in his heart.

The film Ex Machina questions common notions about consciousness. A sentient robot is created with a violent outcome rebelling against her creators. Through this story, Ex Machina appeals to empathize with the robots as a victim of a man with a God-like complexion.

The movie Lars and the Real Girl explores the idea of a romantic attachment to artificial human-like items. Ultimately, the film concludes with the Protagonist "murdering" his sex doll lover in a river: emphasizing the projection of one's sense of self onto another.

Edits on First Draft on Sex Robots in Popular Culture
Intimacy with robots, artificial intelligence, and other human-constructed items are saturated in the media landscape. They provoke questions about what is love, why we crave the need for affection and challenge pre-existing beliefs of what it means to be human.

Originally Published in 1886, the novel Tomorrow's Eve centers around a fictionalized Edison, who creates a female robot for his lonely patron. While the robots beauty is apparent, the robot lacks the emotional capabilities to fulfill that hole in his heart.

The film, Ex Machina, questions common notions about consciousness. A sentient robot is created with a violent outcome, rebelling against her creators. Throughout this story, Ex Machina, appeals to empathize with the robots as a victim of a man, who has a God-like complexion.

The movie, Lars and the Real Girl, explores the idea of a romantic attachment to artificial human-like items. Ultimately, the film concludes with the Protagonist "murdering" his sex doll lover in a river: emphasizing the projection of one's sense of self onto another.

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Some of the edits I made were adding commas and deleting extra spaces and getting rid of things like "our" media landscape and just changing it to media landscape. I also bolded things that were unclear or could be improved. I also think that you said earlier "there isn't much meat in the article about tangible prototypes being worked on." Which would be interesting to see if you added another section about past prototypes that have been made that were close or are going to be made in the future. Also make sure to get citations for the first and last paragraphs.

~@imsolonow

Sex Robots in Popular Culture
Intimacy with robots, artificial intelligence, and other human-constructed items are saturated in the media landscape. They provoke questions about what is love, why we crave the need for affection, and challenge pre-existing beliefs of what it means to be human.

Originally published in 1886, the novel Tomorrow's Eve centers around a fictionalized Edison, who creates a female robot for his lonely patron. While the robot's beauty is apparent, the robot lacks the emotional capabilities to fulfill that hole in his heart. thumb|UK poster for the 2015 film "Ex Machina" The film, Ex Machina, questions common notions about consciousness. A sentient robot is created with a violent outcome, rebelling against her creators. Throughout the story, Ex Machina, appeals to empathize with the robots as a victim of a man with a god-like complexion. Responding to the protagonist’s uncertainty about her fate if she doesn’t live up to her creator’s standards, the robot, Ava, responds “Why is it up to anyone?” about whether or not she lives. This questions the audience's underlying belief about weather or not a robot is entitled to a free life like other conscious beings.

The movie, Lars and the Real Girl, explores the idea of a romantic attachment to artificial human-like items. Ultimately, the film concludes with the protagonist "murdering" his sex doll lover in a river: emphasizing the projection of one's idealized lover onto an inanimate object.

Ethically Designed Robots
Some experts argue that a well designed sex robot could serve society better. According to Hallie Lieberman, a sex historian and professor at George Institute of Technology, "Instead of seeing sex robots as a reflection of our cultural fears, we should think of them as a technology that can help fix the sex crises we face." Proposed uses of these "ethical sex bots" could be for teaching consent education and serving as a form of sex education for insecure lovers.