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    Would a sex robot be cheating?


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    Even if you can't wrap your head around the idea of loving a robot (let alone marrying one), imagine that for a certain percentage of the population it's not only not fantasy but preferable to relationships with humans. What will that mean for us as a society as a whole?Although Levy believes that the "availability of regular sex with a robot will dramatically reduce the incidence of infidelity as we know it today," he also acknowledges there may be some potential sticky points. "(S)ome human spouses and lovers might consider robot sex to be just as unfaithful as sex with another person."

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    Only if you were married to another robot...
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    It's an elaborate form of masturbation, until such time we invent and outfit them with hard AI. (At which point they essentially become artificial people and should be treated as such.) At any rate, I approve of any advances in gynoid automaton research. It makes the world a little bit more interesting.
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    Hmmm. Does it ask you to do chores?
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    That's just creepy no matter what the morality of it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Foxee View Post
    That's just creepy no matter what the morality of it is.
    Yeah, they never do look quite right. I wonder when we'll be able to make robots who actually lives on our side of the Uncanny Valley:


    One of these men is a robot. Guess which one.

    Really, we'd probably be better off trying to make them look less like real people.
    ”But the best part is, he's alone one night and he feels a shadow overtake him from behind, and he knows that Conan is standing behind him with a large axe. And Conan tells him: 'Just stay there and write! And if you don't do exactly what I tell you, I'm going to cleave you down the middle.'”

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    Another giant leap for man. He now has the option to cheat with either a sexpot or a sexbot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anders Ämting View Post
    Yeah, they never do look quite right. I wonder when we'll be able to make robots who actually lives on our side of the Uncanny Valley:


    One of these men is a robot. Guess which one.

    Really, we'd probably be better off trying to make them look less like real people.
    My guess would be the one on the left. Very creepy.

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    In a 2007 book, "Love and Sex with Robots," British chess player and artificial intelligence expert David Levy argues that robots will become significant sexual partners for humans, answering needs that other people are unable or unwilling to satisfy.
    I would imagine that as this progresses these robots will become more and more lifelike and actually gain a lot of popularity. The possibilities are endless. this is really not a new idea.... 10 Robot Women We'd Have Sex With | Complex

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    It looks like Chrissie Hynde. I don't know if this is good or not.
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    Old idea, long since explored by sf writers. We live in an sf novel. Nothing new under the sun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moderan View Post
    Old idea, long since explored by sf writers. We live in an sf novel. Nothing new under the sun.
    Coming to fruition like other things.

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    Yep. I found this while updating my wife's craft store:
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    Would it just be for sex or could you have the thing do chores, like wash windows and do the floors, maybe even work on the car etc.? That would have real possibilities from a female point of view. Especially for a widow who doesn't want a man to have to take care of, but still...

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