<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>Until and unless a robot is an atomic political unit, you can't marry one.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 2:37 PM ilsa via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">No</p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 12:54 PM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Could You Marry a Robot?<br>
Exploring the Future of Love and AI<br>
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Daniel Martinez    August 28, 2024<br>
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In a world where technology increasingly intersects with human life,<br>
the idea of forming romantic relationships with robots is becoming<br>
more plausible. Advances in AI and robotics are creating machines<br>
capable of understanding and responding to human emotions, raising<br>
questions about the future of companionship and marriage. As robots<br>
evolve to potentially become life partners, this possibility<br>
challenges societal norms, ethical considerations, and our<br>
understanding of love.<br>
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As we engineer robots with the capacity to understand and reciprocate<br>
human emotions, we're not just creating machines; we're birthing a new<br>
form of companionship. Imagine a future where your robot partner<br>
doesn't just assist with tasks but truly understands you, comforts<br>
you, and anticipates your emotional needs—transforming the essence of<br>
partnership.<br>
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The artificial humans will soon be here. Expensive at first, but mass<br>
consumerism versions will follow, as robots make more robots.<br>
Society will face big changes.<br>
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BillK<br>
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