Robot prostitutes coming soon to a bedroom near you (suspect, program, society)

[ChrisC]

Originally Posted by Gaylenwoof

I suppose a robot could have a few harvestable organs inside.

Well, that all sounds well and good... unless you happen to be that robot. Ain't nobody gonna touch my robot's organs.

[ChrisC]

Originally Posted by Mircea

A steep luxury tax of 50% or higher would be appropriate.


Negative, since it will lead people to treat others as objects.

Oh come on. Is a woman who uses a dilrod any more likely to treat her man as an object than is a woman who does not?

[NY_refugee87]

Originally Posted by Mircea

A steep luxury tax of 50% or higher would be appropriate.


Negative, since it will lead people to treat others as objects.

LOL the hits keep coming...

You think people don't treat others as objects now?

[Gaylenwoof]

Originally Posted by GotHereQuickAsICould

While I imagine this is all quite fascinating to some, it's hardly political or controversial.

Folks want to use a vibrator or a stroker or whatever, it's their own business.

Wait -- are Republican Evangelicals wanting to legislate sex toys now?

Are self-proclaimed Christians going to refuse to bake cakes?

As of 2014 there were some states where sex toys were illegal. Not sure if anything has changed in the past few years.
It's Still Illegal to Buy Sex Toys in Some Parts of America. One Woman Is Trying to Fix It

So I'm guessing we could see sex robots banned in some places, unless we've finally out-grown that nonsense.

[BeerGeek40]

A strong candidate for the weekly segment --- "The week's sign of the apocalypse"

[NY_refugee87]

Originally Posted by BeerGeek40

A strong candidate for the weekly segment --- "The week's sign of the apocalypse"

Yes! Sex bots with bumpstocks! LOL not quite the Skynet I pictured...

[Gaylenwoof]

Originally Posted by whogo

It’s just a masturbation tool.

Hopefully this general idea will become the basis for most legal issues relating to sex robots. But, realistically, sex robots will be more complicated than simple sex toys, and we already know that some people will become extremely attached to them, emotionally. (Some people already get attached to their Real Dolls, so adding AI and functional movement...it's not hard to tell where some aspects of humanoid robots will lead, but probably impossible to predict all of the implications.)

Originally Posted by BornintheSprings

Who are you to tell a person what to do? Sex robots will be a godsend to people who for one reason or another are incapable of having sex with other people.

Emotional and physical support will be a major category of use for home robots - nursing assistants for elderly and disabled people, etc. Making these home-health-aid assistants "sexy" would just add another level to their functionality. BTW, the movie Robot & Frank is a fairly realistic portrayal of what domestic robots will be like in the near future, and the types of emotional attachment that can develop. (And Frank's robot isn't even a sexy one.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_%26_Frank
Set in the near future, it focuses on Frank Weld, an aging jewel thief played by Frank Langella, whose son buys him a domestic robot.

Originally Posted by jean_ji

Will they be classified as emotional support robots, ...

Yes, I'm sure that will happen within just a few years. Of course we already have AI-driven robot pets, so I'm sure that line of development will continue as well, but perhaps with additional plot twists.

[what'd i miss]

Originally Posted by don1945

With my luck, I'd get a factory defect model, and she would always have a headache.

Yay ! Thanks for the chuckle !!😛✌

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

How long before the left starts a #metoo movement for 'bots? Insists that people be allowed to marry robots? And demand that bakers must bake a cake that celebrates that marriage?

#LBGTQRCAI (robot, cyborg, artificial intelligence)

[Sydney123]

Originally Posted by Scrat335

That's just creepy as hell. I'd prefer something with a heartbeat thankyou.

Maybe it's an option!