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I don't understand the analogy. The phrases "create a baby" and "create a robot" utilize the same syntax, but they're certainly in no way analogous in this context. Having a kid is an achievement for sure, but it's not what this forum is about. Creating a robot on the other hand though, this is related to some of the most salient topics on this forum--AI etc.
Edit: I missed the "same content" part of your point. Now that I see that I disagree with the assumption that it would be upvoted. I guarantee a post wouldn't be upvoted if it's about a new robot someone made but has no content about how it was programmed or made, or anything else but pictures that don't really reveal anything and some sentences that don't really explain anything.
The connection between artificial intelligence and natural intelligence seems to escape many who post here. As an engineer, you would be a fool to ignore the natural experiments all around you in natural intelligence as you contemplate your artificial efforts.
Further, the site is set on adjusting human brains to be more rational. Of course this has to do with how we raise children. There is nothing trivial or boring or irrelevant to studies of friendly artificial intelligence in observations of how a baby turns in to a person under the influence of a tremendous amount of complex interaction with other persons.
Although it does seem to be the case that it would be helpful for the purpose of creating an artificial intelligence to consider how natural intelligence works, I don't think this is something we're in a shortage of here on LW. You say the connection between artificial and natural intelligence seems to escape many who post here, yet I see people talking about how human reasoning works much more often than I see people talk about how AI works, and when people discuss one, it's not uncommon for them to draw analogies from the other.
This site is of course about how to adjust human brains to be more rational, and of course this has to do with how we raise children. And yeah, of course it's relevant to consider how a baby turns into a person, and how the complex interpersonal interaction around them affects how this occurs. But here's the problem: The OP says nothing about this. I don't see even one word or phrase concerning how to raise children, or the mechanisms involved in raising children, or anything like that.