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ted (not lasso)
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regardless of how advanced robots get, i don’t ever see them being capable of replicating the complex interplay of physical and emotional chemistry, intimacy and anticipation — the exchange of wanting and being wanted — that makes sexual desire such a visceral, all-consuming sensation. robots will never compare.
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0xen 🎩
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for a growing chunk of the population that option isn't on the table and robots getting close enough will probably push quite a few more over into giving up.
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
agree with you. my point wasn’t whether or not there will be a market, just that it’ll never compare to the real thing regardless of whether or not it is attainable. there are consumer knockoffs everywhere, especially for luxury items. i won’t assume sex, esp as it becomes more luxury, would be any different.
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Thomas
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I suspect the visceral experience of a “complex interplay of physical and emotional chemistry, intimacy and anticipation” is beyond reach for a chunk of the population, and thus the wham-bam-done service that these bots will provide may compare favorably to what constitutes the real thing for them. Sad, of course, but it sounds plausible to me that sexual intimacy maps to a normal distribution and some only get to experience 2–3 sigmas to the left for any number of intrinsic and extrinsic reasons
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robin :•>
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with AI there will def be a massive premium on anything where real humans are involved, outside of just intimacy (e.g. hand-made products) as most things become commoditized i am on your side that the implications are tragic wrt human connection, but it's a slippery slope to fight against the free market. 1) i don't think regulation is the solution here (where do we draw the line?), and 2) i don't think we as a society could become so morally aligned that these products never come to market. even if somewhat aligned, there will always be a cohort, whether in this country or elsewhere, that is more willing to take risks with new products. this will be treated as market demand, and the free market will do its thing
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0xen 🎩
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when it comes to just hooking up, it might.
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