Something of a flawed utopia. The story is about a man who has what he thinks of as the perfect female robot who cooks, cleans, and provides sex whenever and however he wants it. He has an upgrade installed that gives her the ability to reason, and she walks out on him.
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C6 -The author (b. 1972) is a robotics specialist at MIT with a doctorate from MIT.
C7 - 2006 DA - 01/2006 LA - eng N1 -Rpt. in 2033: The Future of Misbehavior. Interplanetary Dating, Madame President, Socialized Plastic Surgery, and Other Good News from the Future. Ed. The Editors of Nerve.Com Instigated by Svedka [a vodka] (San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2007), 36-45.
N2 -Something of a flawed utopia. The story is about a man who has what he thinks of as the perfect female robot who cooks, cleans, and provides sex whenever and however he wants it. He has an upgrade installed that gives her the ability to reason, and she walks out on him.
PY - 2006 RN -Posted June 2006. Accessed October 10, 2011. No longer available on line.
T2 - Nerve.com TI - "The Upgrade" ER -