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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 16 September 2014 03:36:15PM 8 points [-]

I have a notion that an FAI will be able to create better friends and lovers for you than actual humans could be. Family would be a more complex case if you value the history as well as the current experience.

I'm not talking about catgirls-- if some difficulties in relationships are part of making relationships better in the long haul, then the FAI will supply difficulties.

If people eventually have relationships with FAI-created humans rather than humans generated by other means, is this a problem?

Comment author: cousin_it 16 September 2014 06:21:05PM *  4 points [-]

You've asked that before.

I don't have any new thoughts on this question, so I'll just quote my answer from there:

Yeah. People need to be needed, but if FAI can satisfy all other needs, then it fails to satisfy that one. Maybe FAI will uplift people and disappear, or do something more creative.

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