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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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13 Jan 2010, 5:55 am

techstepgenr8tion wrote:
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.


Extreme sports such as shopping and socialising...

Still, that's a good idea, send the robot to work instead.



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13 Jan 2010, 6:42 am

I just wonder why everyone refers to AI, how about Blade Runner.

Magnus is this robot going to be for all practical purposes indistinguishable from a human? If so then the concept is mind boggling. The idea of shacking up with a machine is fairly off putting, but if we are talking replicant as in Blade Runner, Rachael would pass for a human in every way.


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13 Jan 2010, 11:34 am

DentArthurDent wrote:
I just wonder why everyone refers to AI, how about Blade Runner.

Magnus is this robot going to be for all practical purposes indistinguishable from a human? If so then the concept is mind boggling. The idea of shacking up with a machine is fairly off putting, but if we are talking replicant as in Blade Runner, Rachael would pass for a human in every way.


With true intelligent sentience, there shouldn't be any difference between a robot and a person. If your consciousness is created and maintained by a flesh created EM field, or by an electronically created one, it's still a consciousness. At that point the only difference would be in personality.

Looking deeper, you can show that human emotions and thoughts and moods are affected by the neurotransmitters and chemicals, whereas I'd imagine you could maniuplate an electronic mind the same way with differing electromagnetic influences. It honestly doesn't seem to be any different to me than it would be from a human. Just another consciousness in a different shell.

Oh btw, Dr. Nefarious (Ratchet and Clank) is a great example of a sentient robot, imo ^_~


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17 Jan 2010, 5:26 pm

Sand wrote:
Magnus wrote:
I can't believe no one has voted yes. I bet my life you are all too chicken to admit you'd like a robot for a wife. :lol:


There have been times in my marriage when the difference would not have been discernible. Wives are cheaper to produce, at the moment.


Wives are much more expensive in the long run though.