[ExI] robot makes dinner

[spike at rainier66.com]

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BillK via extropy-chat

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>...I don't think it is being over-hyped.
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>...And finally, this experimental model actually works!

>...Spike's dream of a sex robot that also cooks dinner is just over the
horizon!  ;)

BillK
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Meh.  Dinner schminner.  And it really doesn't even need to do sex, for many
of us fortunate enough to have a capable and eager mate (my bride and I are
a few weeks short of our 40th anniversary.)

I am thinking of a wisecracking K2SO, so that much of the function is
entertainment.  In that sense, the early household robots will really be a
toy.  And sure, I suppose it can be THAT kind of toy, for those who want
that sorta thing.  

The reason that this is such a dream to me is the money to be made on it,
and the potential to allow humanity to escape a Malthusian nightmare.  If we
can design a suitable alternative, many otherwise fertile people will choose
it rather than reproduce.  And I get rich of course, but hey, I would
deserve it for saving humanity.

spike