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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tara Maya via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] ai wants to do ya<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>…If robots did share one mind and decide to embark on a massive campaign of tricking every human on earth into accidentally trying to mate with a robot... as part of a fiendishly clever plan to drive humanity extinct...<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…well, it would certain put a new twist on the adage, "Make love not war."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Well, right.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tara you are a writer, ja? You have stumbled into a fine theme there. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The notion of robots sharing one mind would be a deal breaker for me, regardless of how attractive is that mate-bot. So… stodgy old spike just says no, the others give in to temptation, the bots share one mind and decide collectively to use microwave tech to sterilize her human mates during the process. I end up being the last fertile feller.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Go right ahead Tara, write your short story with that insane but fun theme.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On May 17, 2023, at 4:53 PM, spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br>Oh, OK cool. I thought it was something serious, like sex.<br><br>But BillK, on the contrary sir. As Tara's insight suggests, some humans will flatly refuse any non-biological sexual gratification, regardless of how enticing. Perhaps they will see it as a sin. The human population may decline drastically, but eventually the planet would be repopulated with the descendants of those who refuse such pleasures.<br><br>I don't think humanity would go extinct for our inability to compete with machines in the sack.<br><br>spike</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>