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Would you be happy if you could have a robot partner?
Yes, I'd want a robot, I'm a male 22%  22%  [ 5 ]
No, I'd prefer a human, I'm male 35%  35%  [ 8 ]
Yes, I'd want a robot husband who makes the cash and is hot, I'm male or female 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Yes, I'd want a robot husband, I'm female 4%  4%  [ 1 ]
No, I would prefer a human, I'm female 22%  22%  [ 5 ]
there is no having it both ways, I just want to see results 17%  17%  [ 4 ]
Total votes : 23

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12 Jan 2010, 7:54 am

I don't think a sexual partner, but an assistant I would like.
Think the anime series Ergo Proxy, or Asimov's books.



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12 Jan 2010, 10:33 am

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On further consideration the dispensing of stimulating fluids by a robot companion would probably be OK by a male version from a body component in a cup but it might be more interesting from a female version by using the natural components, the breasts. One could dispense non-alcoholic fluids such as orange juice, cola, or buttermilk while the other could be devoted to scotch whiskey, red or white wine, beer or vodka. Public laws about breast feeding in public might be a difficulty.


Sweet Gaia... Boobs that dispense whatever liquid you put in them attached to an AI robot that feels synthetically real? Somehow, I can't see this NOT becoming an incredible hit among the male population. Boobs that leak alcohol would be incredibly popular.

However, as I don't draw any distinction between human companionship and any other companionship capable of the same thought processes, if the robot was sentient and intelligent I would treat it exactly the same. Should the robot's personality be compatible with mine, yes, I could see myself in the situation of a "robot wife." To me it wouldn't be any different than with a compatible alien or fantasy creature.

As to one that would be an unthinking sex machine... I could use it as a sex toy, or masturbation toy, but certainly not as a standalone partner.


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12 Jan 2010, 12:59 pm

no. I can't imagine being happy with a robot that I couldn't constantly irritate and annoy. I like when people lose their temper :P


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12 Jan 2010, 6:39 pm

I like people even though I can't really relate to them. A robot just would not do!



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12 Jan 2010, 7:19 pm

I couldn't love anyone I don't respect. As a woman, I seek males that I not only respect, but revere.

As a male (my perception is faulty here) I'd say I'd prefer a woman that I don't respect. As a male, I would fear respect as it would lead to endearment and potentially, a reverence for a female the (Goddess myth). The reverence scares my male side. the reverence for a god male turns my female side on. As annabannana said, I like to push my lover, it's an aphrodisiac, to banter toward enlightenment. :)


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12 Jan 2010, 7:58 pm

Perhaps too much is expected of what is basically a machine. I don't love my computer or my electric toaster or my washing machine. But they each help me do some things well and things I couldn't do without them. A sex robot would fit that type of function without a deep emotional involvement. And it would free people to get involved with each other emotionally and not be dependent upon mere gratification of strong sex motivations.



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12 Jan 2010, 8:00 pm

Yeah, I couldn't get off on my toaster either. It's a good toaster tho.


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12 Jan 2010, 8:14 pm

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Yeah, I couldn't get off on my toaster either. It's a good toaster tho.


What many people don't realize that even normal love between people is a rather fragile thing and has various aspects. A good many people fall in love with what they believe another person to be and get married only to discover the emotion was misplaced and discovering who each other really is destroys the illusion and, frequently, the marriage unless a deeper perception of reality reveals qualities that are only obvious after a longer relationship not driven by lust and that could make a marriage successful. No matter how cleverly a machine is designed it could never have the depth of a real person but it, nevertheless, could be useful as an object of self deception for simple sexual purposes.



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12 Jan 2010, 8:17 pm

Love is not fragile to me. It's strong. I seek strength in love, there is no fear. I seek strength in men, that is what I seek in love, strength. Women are weak and manipulative.


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12 Jan 2010, 8:23 pm

Magnus wrote:
Love is not fragile to me. It's strong. I seek strength in love, there is no fear. I seek strength in men, that is what I seek in love, strength. Women are weak and manipulative.


There are all sorts of love. I have been subject to the emotion and after it passed have discovered the object of my emotion appeared quite different. It distorts perception and it is a deep emotion that makes one subject to all sorts of silliness and quite dangerous actions. To me, unless it is born out of intelligent comprehension of another individual, it can be a sickness.



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12 Jan 2010, 8:25 pm

Yeah, chemicals of love are just chemicals.


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12 Jan 2010, 8:44 pm

At end, se x with a machine must be admitted to be a form of rather elaborate illusion and self deceptiom and basically masturbation in an expensive form. But that is frequently true of two humans mating as well.



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12 Jan 2010, 9:01 pm

True, but you seem to take all the fun out of it by analyzing it. Sand, you are not too old to pretend. We should enjoy life. Even though you are in your eighties, you are still hot, in that old beatnik sort of way. I'd do you if I wasn't already taken. :lol:


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12 Jan 2010, 9:14 pm

Magnus wrote:
True, but you seem to take all the fun out of it by analyzing it. Sand, you are not too old to pretend. We should enjoy life. Even though you are in your eighties, you are still hot, in that old beatnik sort of way. I'd do you if I wasn't already taken. :lol:


Thanks for the theoretical offer and although I am still capable in a mild sort of way internet capabilities are still a bit off in the future for that sort of interaction. I'll keep it in mind for St. Valentine's Day.



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12 Jan 2010, 11:59 pm

You guys are prime candidates for Fembot Central...;) Or Fembotwiki...;)

I dunno...I probably couldn't afford one if they even had them...;)


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13 Jan 2010, 12:11 am

I like part of the third option: can I just dress a robot up like myself (make him hot I guess) and send it off to work for me? With that much time on my hands to both do fun things and for 24/7 self improvement - I'd be vibrant, healthy, well rested, bronzed, toned, I'd probably get great at all kinds of extreme sports in the meantime as a gentleman of leasure - I don't think landing a woman would be much of a challenge at all at that rate, why settle for the doll :P.


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