{"id":346782,"date":"2018-02-04T14:06:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T13:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/smart-talking-sex-dolls-come-to-china\/"},"modified":"2018-02-04T14:06:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T13:06:36","slug":"smart-talking-sex-dolls-come-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/smart-talking-sex-dolls-come-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Talking Sex Dolls Come to China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/viral\/201802021061295395-sex-dolls-ai-companions\/\"><strong>Sputnik<\/strong><\/a><br \/>February 2, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Chinese company intends to address the gender- and age-related issues that the country is currently facing, by introducing advanced talking sex dolls to the market.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As China\u2019s population continues to\u00a0age and men in\u00a0the country still outnumber women by\u00a0the millions, a sex doll manufacturer called EXDOLL, based in\u00a0the city of\u00a0Dalian, seeks to\u00a0help mitigate these problems by\u00a0providing companionship for\u00a0lonely men and care for\u00a0the elderly with\u00a0the help of\u00a0their new creations.<\/p>\n<p>A prototype talking sex doll called Xiaodie is outfitted with\u00a0a WiFi port and can respond to\u00a0verbal commands or receive instructions via\u00a0a phone app. Xiaodie costs about\u00a025,000 yuan (about $3,978), which is significantly more expensive than\u00a0ordinary sex dolls that the company has been manufacturing since\u00a02009 and selling for\u00a0about 2,500 yuan ($398) apiece.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina has a shortage of\u00a0women, and this is a factor in\u00a0why there\u2019s this demand, but\u00a0they\u2019re not just for\u00a0sex\u2026 We\u2019re designing them so they can have meaningful conversations with\u00a0you and help with\u00a0chores around\u00a0the house. They could eventually even work as\u00a0medical assistants or receptionists,\u201d EXDOLL marketing director Wu Xingliang told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The company seeks to\u00a0outfit its dolls with\u00a0actual artificial intelligence to\u00a0make them as\u00a0lifelike as\u00a0possible.<\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Friday, February 2, 2018  at  7:49 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/march-of-progress-smart-talking-sex-dolls-come-to-china.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/march-of-progress-smart-talking-sex-dolls-come-to-china.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SputnikFebruary 2, 2018 A Chinese company intends to address the gender- and age-related issues that the country is currently facing, by introducing advanced talking sex dolls to the market. As China\u2019s population continues to\u00a0age and men in\u00a0the country still outnumber women by\u00a0the millions, a sex doll manufacturer called EXDOLL, based in\u00a0the city of\u00a0Dalian, seeks to\u00a0help [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-346782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}