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[Top 10 Idiots]

Sex robots are not just coming, they are already here. In a world where we are more connected yet lonelier than ever before, what does this mean for sex, and what does it mean for relationships?

Artificial intelligence (AI) shouldn’t be seen as a substitute for human companionship, said Professor Kathleen Richardson, Professor of Ethics and Culture of Robots at De Montfort University in the UK, and founder of the Campaign against Sex Robots.

Professor Richardson spoke about the unforeseen consequences of sex robots at an event held at UNSW on Monday as part of the UNSW Grand Challenge on Living with 21st Century Technology.

Professor Richardson’s research shoots from a theory surrounding human attachment. Known as the ‘attachment crisis’, the theory suggests that, as society continues to fragment, we see an increase in loneliness as humans struggle to form and maintain intimate relationships with one another.

She rejects the notion that caregiver and therapeutic robots – in particular sex robots – can help humans cope with our inability to connect during this crisis of ‘human attachment’.
https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/sex-robots-it-healthy-be-intimate-artificial-intelligence

So let me ask you this professor, what happens when the sex robots become self aware?

*audience laughs and applauds*

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[Lithos]

1. LOL - she's rejecting reality

AI and personalized machines have already been used very successfully to fill in the gaps for human interaction. Sex robots are just the next thing.

Ex: https://bgr.com/2018/05/22/microsoft-xiaoice-ai-cortana-vs-alexa/

I can't find the specific article, but I read where xiaoice is used to reach out to the elderly who may not have family near at hand to find out how they are doing, as sort of a wellness check.

Japan is also looking into robots as helpers for the elderly as well - to help bridge the rise in the number of elderly to the number of people able to serve as caregivers.

AI as "artificial" intelligence is a misnomer. AI as "augmented" intelligence is here today and being used to help leverage people's needs. I do not see this as being any different for someone who just wants to suspend reality while performing self-pleasure much like they do today with more manual means. AI in this case augmenting their ability to suspend reality.

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[shenmue]

2. The robots will not rise, because we can TURN THEM OFF