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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 al
by 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 agoThere'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 agothat’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 agoNot 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.