Aix Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 So I read this article today about artificial intelligence being possibly close to being achieved: http://www.iflscience.com/technology/robot Then they start musing about possibilities, talking about robots in social circumstances. My question to y'all would be: Would you have a robot as a friend? As a lover even? What if you could design them? Zai is my friend so I suppose yes for friends :> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchermitcher Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 There's way too many potential ethical questions with creating consciousness and everything but still, a robot for a friend is totally fine with me. Undecided on the lover part though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 inb4 Plastic Memories becomes a reality far sooner than predicted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icy Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 That said, we do have to be careful with AI. As literally any sci-fi movie ever will indicate, if we're not careful with this kind of thing, it could easily be our undoing. Hopefully, that time won't come until I'm either dead or a biocomputer. That is one undoing I would welcome with a smile of excitement on my face as I get brutally massacred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar Origins Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 a robot is already a far better lover than most people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion X. Denver Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Granted, pre-programmed people who will one day take over the human race (you call me crazy, but we'll see who's laughing in a century or two), but people nonetheless. You're not the only one who thinks so. I think it'd be cool to have a robot for a friend. My life would be lots more interesting if I had a Bender to my Fry. As for lovers, there's no doubt in my mind that HumansxAI will be a future social movement, much like how LGBTQ has been on the rightful rise in recent years. On that note, Her is a good movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchermitcher Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Mornings would be a lot more fun when you can host philosohpical debates with a literal toaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 you all understand sex will be one of the first things that comes out of this if it's commercialized inb4 Plastic Memories becomes a reality far sooner than predicted. Instead we get Ex Machina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Exodia Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 you all understand sex will be one of the first things that comes out of this if it's commercialized Instead we get Ex Machina Sex Ex Machina. Sounds about right. But I would be fine with having a Robot for a Friend. I would be careful though, to make sure his inner workings were alright, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ P O L A R I S ~ Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 A sex robot would basically just be a dildo. Don't get me wrong, dildos most certainly have their place in the world, but a great deal of the pleasure of sex for me is knowing my lovers are experiencing sensations as transcendental as they're making me feel and glorying in the solidarity of climaxing together rather than in isolation with only the ghosts of a world entrenched in denial of feeling. Fellow human lovers do not house such ghosts, a machine would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 you all understand sex will be one of the first things that comes out of this if it's commercialized Instead we get Ex Machina What....how would sex even work.....I second Hamlet on this. My Imperialist self sees armies, war and destruction come out of this, but def no sexbot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 What....how would sex even work.....I second Hamlet on this. My Imperialist self sees armies, war and destruction come out of this, but def no sexbot If they'd be used for war, they'd be used to for the oldest profession in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar Origins Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 There are already sexbots you dolts. robot: a machine that can do the work of a person and that works automatically or is controlled by a computer A fucking vibrator is a robot, for christ's sake. We don't need to debate if they exist or not because they already do and have for a very long time. If there were to be romantic possibilities with intelligent AI, however, I'd worry about everything that could go wrong. That's not to say things can't go right; having the perfect lover would be amazing. It sure would solve human loneliness. I like looking at Cortana as an example of something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 There are already sexbots you dolts. A f***ing vibrator is a robot, for christ's sake. We don't need to debate if they exist or not because they already do and have for a very long time. If there were to be romantic possibilities with intelligent AI, however, I'd worry about everything that could go wrong. That's not to say things can't go right; having the perfect lover would be amazing. It sure would solve human loneliness. I like looking at Cortana as an example of something like that. Is it real love though? Easy gotten gains tend to not stick around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icy Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 A fucking vibrator is a robot, for christ's sake. We don't need to debate if they exist or not because they already do and have for a very long time. I would strongly disagree unless your vibrators are one of those new fancy wind-up models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffee. Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 If AIs are put to anything, it should honestly be fuckin' Gunpla....Or at least action figures.Gunbam Build Fighters or Gotcha Force being the mainstream way of deciding the fate of the universe would be perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Well they should be used to consolidate the world. We're too fragmented as a specie to do jack shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novalaxia Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Robot buddies... man, that sounds so cool. Like a show you'd watch when you'd be 7 or 8, and you'd go to sleep thinking it's a cool dream. I mean, it'd only work for the lonely people, but it's nice to interact with someone who would at least make some attempt to understand what you're trying to say. Granted, having ridiculously human AI is going to be a very bad idea (probably because they'd assume mistreatment is an okay thing and try to perform the same things on their owners and stuff), but it'd probably end up with something akin to sociable machines. Love, though? That's a biiiiiiit too far ahead to think about. Maybe in the far future of 20XX. Sooner or later, we shall be able to give our android the personality of our 2D waifu, and nobody will question your sanity in the slightest. riiiiiiiight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astolfo Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 I detect puns. *clicks link* o' glorious puns ITT: In all seriousness, I wouldn't mind having conscious/intelligent (as in human-like I guess IDK) robots around in my daily life, it'd be really fun and interesting I think. Having robot friends would be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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