[ExI] Could You (Will You) Marry a Robot?

[Darin Sunley]

Can sufficiently advanced robots and computer programs provide
companionship and/or erotic stimulus. sure. Mentally ill people can find
those in all sorts of places.

But marriage? If marriage ever had anything to do with romantic commitment,
let alone sex, let alone childrearing, the last 50 years of
activist jurisprudence have thoroughly severed that attachment.

On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 2:56 PM Darin Sunley <dsunley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Marriage is definitionally a legal arrangement between two rights-bearing
> atomic political units within a local or national government, primarily
> providing tax sheltering. Certain other legal protections and legal
> privileges are attached as well.
>
> Until and unless a robot is an atomic political unit, you can't marry one.
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 2:37 PM ilsa via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> No
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 12:54 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Could You Marry a Robot?
>>> Exploring the Future of Love and AI
>>>
>>> Daniel Martinez    August 28, 2024
>>>
>>> <https://www.wokewaves.com/posts/marrying-robots-future-of-love-and-ai>
>>> Quotes:
>>> In a world where technology increasingly intersects with human life,
>>> the idea of forming romantic relationships with robots is becoming
>>> more plausible. Advances in AI and robotics are creating machines
>>> capable of understanding and responding to human emotions, raising
>>> questions about the future of companionship and marriage. As robots
>>> evolve to potentially become life partners, this possibility
>>> challenges societal norms, ethical considerations, and our
>>> understanding of love.
>>> ------
>>> As we engineer robots with the capacity to understand and reciprocate
>>> human emotions, we're not just creating machines; we're birthing a new
>>> form of companionship. Imagine a future where your robot partner
>>> doesn't just assist with tasks but truly understands you, comforts
>>> you, and anticipates your emotional needs—transforming the essence of
>>> partnership.
>>> ----------------------
>>>
>>> The artificial humans will soon be here. Expensive at first, but mass
>>> consumerism versions will follow, as robots make more robots.
>>> Society will face big changes.
>>>
>>> BillK
>>>
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