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This is why I imagine sex robots will only be a good thing. The humanitarian promise of AGI is it serves human needs optimally and frees humans from the need to

This is why I imagine sex robots will only be a good thing. The humanitarian promise of AGI is it serves human needs optimally and frees humans from the need to stoop to the lowest levels to serve them.

AlecSchueler 3y ago
At the same time it might feed into the objectification of women which will actively harm the needs of half the population.
- SpriglyElixir12 3y ago
  Is this implying that male versions won't exist?
  - AlecSchueler 3y ago
    Objectification of men is a far less alarming issue in our patriarchal society.
  - sixothree 3y ago
    You would have to make them a lot funnier.
    - mensetmanusman 3y ago
      Install dad jokes 9000
- Chris2048 3y ago
  Not if it displaces women as sex objects. Women can still be objectified by any other metric of usefulness, but at that point will reach parity with men.
morelisp 3y ago
To paraphrase, even after AGI, many livelihoods will somehow still depend on men employing bad judgement.
belorn 3y ago
The general impression I get from the article (and similar reports) is that patrons of sex workers in general do not seek the mechanical aspects of sex. They also do not seek power. What the largest majority seek is validation. The big breakthrough would be robots that provided the emotional need of human connection and validation. If the mind could be tricked into a similar state as being in the center of a strong social network, then not only would that serve human needs optimally it would also be the single biggest health boost given.
- vorpalhex 3y ago
  There's a community of people who really seek out "AI girlfriends". Once or twice a year I sort of peek in and see what they are doing. What surprises me is how bad the tech is. It's "mediocre chatbot" level currently and yet these people are VERY happy with it, spending hundreds a month and having all sort of custom artwork done. For a meaningful percentage of the pop, very low fidelity tech, even at an extreme price, is enough.
  - gricardo99 3y ago
    that’s fascinating. can you point to anything where one could start exploring this area further?
    - vorpalhex 3y ago
      "Replika" was the app most of them were buzzing around last I checked. There was some boondoggle with paid plans, I think the app had tried to focus on that subcommunity as whales (singly focused big spenders). Probably start there and see where they've gone now.
    - dotnet00 3y ago
      Not exactly AI girlfriend territory but has a lot of overlap with it (as well as a lot of overlap with mental illness and probably occasionally just plain old cringy teenagers) but r/waifuism is also pretty similar.

AlecSchueler 3y ago

At the same time it might feed into the objectification of women which will actively harm the needs of half the population.

SpriglyElixir12 3y ago
Is this implying that male versions won't exist?
- AlecSchueler 3y ago
  Objectification of men is a far less alarming issue in our patriarchal society.
- sixothree 3y ago
  You would have to make them a lot funnier.
  - mensetmanusman 3y ago
    Install dad jokes 9000
Chris2048 3y ago
Not if it displaces women as sex objects. Women can still be objectified by any other metric of usefulness, but at that point will reach parity with men.

morelisp 3y ago

To paraphrase, even after AGI, many livelihoods will somehow still depend on men employing bad judgement.

belorn 3y ago

The general impression I get from the article (and similar reports) is that patrons of sex workers in general do not seek the mechanical aspects of sex. They also do not seek power. What the largest majority seek is validation. The big breakthrough would be robots that provided the emotional need of human connection and validation. If the mind could be tricked into a similar state as being in the center of a strong social network, then not only would that serve human needs optimally it would also be the single biggest health boost given.

vorpalhex 3y ago
There's a community of people who really seek out "AI girlfriends". Once or twice a year I sort of peek in and see what they are doing. What surprises me is how bad the tech is. It's "mediocre chatbot" level currently and yet these people are VERY happy with it, spending hundreds a month and having all sort of custom artwork done. For a meaningful percentage of the pop, very low fidelity tech, even at an extreme price, is enough.
- gricardo99 3y ago
  that’s fascinating. can you point to anything where one could start exploring this area further?
  - vorpalhex 3y ago
    "Replika" was the app most of them were buzzing around last I checked. There was some boondoggle with paid plans, I think the app had tried to focus on that subcommunity as whales (singly focused big spenders). Probably start there and see where they've gone now.
  - dotnet00 3y ago
    Not exactly AI girlfriend territory but has a lot of overlap with it (as well as a lot of overlap with mental illness and probably occasionally just plain old cringy teenagers) but r/waifuism is also pretty similar.