Virtual reality, the history of pinball and why sex robots won’t save the Singularity
An interview with Seth Porges, pop culturist
I met Seth Porges at this secret, underground gathering of thinkers in New York, known as ‘The Influencers’, organised by Jon Levy, where he was giving a disturbingly funny talk entitled ‘you can tell a lot about a man by the sex bot he makes for himself.’
Seth Porges is a journalist covering a wide range of topics from pop culture to emerging technologies. He has written for everyone from TechCrunch to Maxim, and is a regular commentator on numerous televisions shows on the National Geographic, Discovery and History channels.
I probably should have asked more about the obscure reference in his Wikipedia profile about his work as a test pilot on the maiden voyage of an experimental pulse jet-powered carousel, but we ran out of time talking about why pinball was once a moral hazard in New York City, the challenges of translating social interactions in virtual reality and the future of robotics.
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