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  • Allero@lemmy.today
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    14 days ago

    Most men are not much into the idea, either.

    Intimacy is something very human, something most people are not ready to trust a machine to do, even if it’s capable of visibly empathetic reactions.

    There is a desire to connect with another human being, not programmed to like you, but actually choosing you freely. It’s what people call “feeling it real”.

    Most folks I have seen pushing for robotic partners are incels craving at least some form of closeness - having something like this might be better than nothing.

    Also, dudes, let’s be real: would you put your dick into a machine much stronger than you? Something goes wrong and you don’t have your precious parts anymore.

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      13 days ago

      Also, dudes, let’s be real: would you put your dick into a machine much stronger than you?

      Hell yes

      Something goes wrong and you don’t have your precious parts anymore.

      Oh, IDK why I interpreted it as like a buff robot lol. 👀

  • ᴀᴍʙɪᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴛ@lemm.ee
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    15 days ago

    Sex with a hella sexy robot? Nice.

    Using a hella sexy robot to fill the empitness of no intimacy or authentic mutual connection? Not nice.

    For some reason sex with a robot doesn’t feel gross to me — until they start using it to fill a hole (hehe)

  • kibiz0r@midwest.social
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    15 days ago

    In these sexual relationships, availability and consent will always be taken for granted, something that’s never taken for granted in a sexual relationship with another human being.

    People could get used to interacting in a way in which the other person isn’t taken into account as much, meaning that sexual partners could be instrumentalized for the purpose of having sex. That is to say the ‘human-humanoid’ interaction could be transferred to the relationship between two human beings.

    Unfortunately, however, these advances aren’t being accompanied by deep reflections about the consequences that sex with robots can have.

  • KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de
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    15 days ago

    I thought onlyfans was the cheap and easy desire “fast-food”-like product for women. Or instagram or whatever social media gives people the impression of being center stage. Not robots.

    • Echofox@lemmy.ca
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      14 days ago

      Humans are all different. It’s difficult to accurately generalize them. Some people like only fans, but for other people it does literally nothing for them.

      To each their own.

  • essteeyou@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Realistically how is a man going to design a good sex robot for a woman? Let a woman do that, they’ll get what they want.

  • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    13 days ago

    Maybe some men like the idea, but I bet most of them would soon find the experience less fulfilling than they had hoped.