"Experiencing intimacy" means nothing if there isn't a consenting human being doing it with you.
What you're suggesting is nothing more than masturbation, which people already do. And we already have a huge problem of people reducing their partners' bodies to a masturbatory aid, and the objectification and devaluation that comes with this.
I’m a transhumanist, I don’t believe in being human in the first place
Fair enough.
I think there's a lot of value in experiencing the physicality, discomfort, exertion, imperfection, non-guaranteed, risky aspect of living. Don't get me wrong, I want to see an end to most illness, the extension of the human body, and the ability to biologically reset our brains so we can live again as if waking from a deep sleep. But I think being an organism, having a body is a good thing. I think that in many ways the search for perfection removes meaningfulness.
Picture if your favorite sex toy could also tell you that you are doing a good job then make you dinner afterwards. It is the trad husband/wife future ever nerd secretly hopes will come someday
Yeah but if there's ever a reasonably-priced sex bot, I know I'm buying that.
:kombucha-disgust:
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I don't know. It's a complicated thing.
How many would be used to help people? How many would be used for people to act out their sick abuse fantasies?
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How would a robot be real intimacy?
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Yeah, and it sucks doesn't it?
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:meow-hug:
"Experiencing intimacy" means nothing if there isn't a consenting human being doing it with you.
What you're suggesting is nothing more than masturbation, which people already do. And we already have a huge problem of people reducing their partners' bodies to a masturbatory aid, and the objectification and devaluation that comes with this.
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If it is programmed to consent all the time, is it really consent?
What do we call a kind of sex that you engage in with someone who is categorically subordinate to you?
On a related note, where does the word "robot" come from?
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Yeah! A characteristically human function, just without all the messy and unpredictable things that make it human!
Like playing sports, with no physical exertion so disabled people can do it, and with nothing at stake so it doesn't overwhelm anyone.
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Fair enough.
I think there's a lot of value in experiencing the physicality, discomfort, exertion, imperfection, non-guaranteed, risky aspect of living. Don't get me wrong, I want to see an end to most illness, the extension of the human body, and the ability to biologically reset our brains so we can live again as if waking from a deep sleep. But I think being an organism, having a body is a good thing. I think that in many ways the search for perfection removes meaningfulness.
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I think part of what I'm trying to say is
what if we kissed
on top of the shipping container full of sex asses
Picture if your favorite sex toy could also tell you that you are doing a good job then make you dinner afterwards. It is the trad husband/wife future ever nerd secretly hopes will come someday
We stray further from god every day