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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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0xen 🎩
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when it comes to just hooking up, it might.
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
i am skeptical of that. regardless, i think it would be dangerous to market it as such and would only exacerbate the trend graphs you use to prove there’s a market and worsen loneliness crisis. same reason UBI didn’t lead to more fulfillment or happiness. that shouldn’t be what we aspire to as a society.
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