Relationships 5.0: How AI, VR, and Robots Will Reshape Our Emotional Lives

The decision to marry was announced after two months of dating." Zheng Jiajia, 31, a Chinese engineer from the city of Hangzhou carried his wife, Ying-Ying, to the wedding ceremony. She wore a black suit with a red scarf, as traditionally accustomed. With the appearance of a young, slender Chinese woman, Ying-Ying generated warmth and responded dexterously to speech and hugs. At home, Zheng had enabled her to walk and even to help with household chores. Surrounded by his mother and friends, Zheng married his robot wife on March 28, 2017. When asked what he thought was missing, Zheng emotionally replied: "A beating heart.""--

• | Author: Elyakim Kislev
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 15, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0197588255
• | ISBN-13: 9780197588253