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Comment author: skeptical_lurker 28 September 2015 08:36:22PM 3 points [-]

I've heard some people worry that even sufficiently good vibrators and fleshlights will reduce the amount of actual sex people have. Making a robot that a normal person can fall in love with might be AGI-complete (although some people do get attached to robot pets or form imaginary relationships with anime characters or 'waifu') but even a robot which isn't as good as a human still decreases the need for human company.

Also, is the creation of sex robots a matter of AI, or of creating realistic synthetic skin? If its the latter, and AGI turns out to be really hard, then sex robots could easly come a long time before the singularity.

Comment author: RowanE 03 October 2015 08:04:05PM 0 points [-]

I believe the accepted plural of "waifu" is "waifus".

Comment author: Lumifer 28 September 2015 08:43:06PM 0 points [-]

Also, is the creation of sex robots a matter of AI, or of creating realistic synthetic skin?

That depends on whether you interpret "sex robot" as a companion or as a fucktoy.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 28 September 2015 09:02:08PM 1 point [-]

Indeed, and this is one of the times when we need to define exactly what we are talking about.