10 Mar 15
Originally posted by DeepThoughtWould you consider a relationship with a real person who was always nice to you to have no great value?
They aren't very cuddly. The tendency to be judgemental may be an important part of the relationship. If the machine is programmed to always be nice, it's of no great value when it is.
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11 Mar 15
Originally posted by twhiteheadThat merely says that some Japanese men (who, after all, are one of the few nations rivaling the English for sexual repression) prefer the safety of an artificial girlfriend to a real one, not that it's better for them as Odbod posited.
Sorry, your too late, its already happening:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24614830
FTR, I don't think the latter will happen for a good long time, if it ever will.
11 Mar 15
Originally posted by Shallow BlueWell I don't think it is easy to make a judgement as to what is 'better' for someone. If someone prefers the artificial girlfriend then they have made the judgement that it is better for them.
That merely says that some Japanese men (who, after all, are one of the few nations rivaling the English for sexual repression) prefer the safety of an artificial girlfriend to a real one, not that it's better for them as Odbod posited.
FTR, I don't think the latter will happen for a good long time, if it ever will.
I am currently single because at this point in my life I consider it better for me. If I could find an artificial girlfriend that has good sides and not too many downsides then I might prefer it to being single and to being in a
'real' relationship. And who are you to tell me it is not better for me?
Originally posted by DeepThoughtOh, I don't know, a little lube can do wonders. 😛
They aren't very cuddly. The tendency to be judgemental may be an important part of the relationship. If the machine is programmed to always be nice, it's of no great value when it is.
Soon Dims will let you marry your computer.
11 Mar 15
Originally posted by whodeyMust you bring politics into EVERY conversation?
Oh, I don't know, a little lube can do wonders. 😛
Soon Dims will let you marry your computer.
Keep it where there are grognards like you, just waiting to pounce on the subject at every opportunity, the Debates Forum. Or have they kicked you out for being such a knob about it? Is that why you're forcing political conversation here in this forum, where it does NOT belong?
Constantly talking politics bores me to tears, actually. So keep it out of here, this is NOT the forum for it.