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  1. Re:A-prior universal moralists on the march alread by kronius · · Score: 1 · on MIT AI Acts Childish on Purpose

    In the area we're discussing, there is one huge big ZERO of cultural heritage to draw upon as a basis for value judgements that have any applicability.

    I want to make sure I understand your argument: you have a problem with saying that human intercourse with a robot is perverted because we have no experience to use to make this judgement. The problem with this argument is that, although we have never had robots capable of sexually stimulating humans, we have plenty of experience with sexual acts other than human+human. Any of these acts could be called perverted, but the word "perverted" is a very subjective term.

    We have invented an endless list of mechanical devices, the sole purpose of which is sexual stimulation. Porn shops litter the highway selling these devices as well as video tapes of sexual acts. We have an online army of porn peddlers that, combined, probably out gross many countries. You can even buy a life sized doll made out of silicon that has an artificial internal skeleton (Check it out). We have personally witnessed the way in which technology has evolved sexuality and now you say that we can not use that experience to judge what seems like the next step in its evolution, particulartly one that seems eminent?

    As a species we do this all the time: use past experience to predict and judge the future. We are doing it right now in relation to the cloning debate. If we can not use history as a guide for the future, then we are lost. Note that I said use history as a guide. No one is saying sex with robots is perverted because sex with animals is perverted. We are using reason, logic, history, and personal experience to make a judgement on a scenario. The fact that we have never actually been in that scenario does not make the judgement wrong, it simply means we have to be more careful in making it.


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  2. Like RealDoll by Vagary · · Score: 1 · on Virtual Models Come To Life

    Did anyone else get the feeling while looking at the pics of the models that the site reminded you of RealDoll? Not the sexual part, just the same eerie look...

  3. I bet that the Japs... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Robotic Fish

    ... already have a robotic RealDoll in their labs.