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

[Darin Sunley]

I don't think I would personally, but the history of the development of
free pornography distribution on the internet tells me that a /lot/ of
people would.

"Beavers will instinctively build a dam anywhere they hear the sound of
running water. Even if they're inside a normal house and the sound is a
recording. Isn't that wild?"

"You should see what I do when the pixels look like an unclothed member of
the opposite sex signalling sexual availability."

On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 3:36 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 at 22:02, Darin Sunley via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> > _______________________________________________
>
>
> Well, I guess even the advanced AI robots that the article is
> discussing would not be able to produce children.
> Although, this might not be a problem. The birth rate throughout the
> Western world is already collapsing, as younger people decide either
> that they don't want children, or they can't afford the costs of
> rearing them.
> If the AI robots have not achieved legal personhood, then legal
> marriage, inheritance, etc, would not apply.
> Then we would have to change the question.
> Would you live with an AI robot as "friends with benefits" for
> companionship?
>
> BillK
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