This should be a future worth to be seen?

Skybird · 12-13-07, 06:39 AM

a machine remains to be a machine. And if man must use this machinistic crutch to find partner, relation, pleasure, than something is wrong - and no software ever can breathe a soul into an assembled kit of technical gimmicks. I mean these things are even no replicants - they are machines!

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...522919,00.html

there is a radical alternative in explaining this, though. that is that human emotions are far more suggestible than we are ready to admit, and can indeed be triggered easily by just providing the matching key stimuli. example: parts of thie audience in a cinema crying - for what?

A partnership with a robot - i think that becomes difficult at the latest when man starts to become old, and approaches his death soon. then the sould may no longer be willing to be foold by a software only, but reaches out to touch another living soul in fact, not a simulacrum. and when you live in loneliness, or under socially difficult circumstances - how does it feel to know that you only found company by having it getting tailored to your needs artificially, and because you payed for it? the gift of love is that it is given for free, and does not demand in return. paying for an illusion is what separates a prostitute from a true lover.

Buying a robot? Not really the way to boost your self-esteem, i assume.Our understanding, our way of seeing ourselves, the state of our culture has chnaged since the 40s and 50s, and most drastically. maybe it is not wise to see certain things still in the naive rosy light of the early days of Asimov's robot tales.

Or think of it like this:

"My dildo has an IQ of 145."
"Nice and well, but mine is better. My dildo actually can talk!"

12-13-07, 06:39 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,632 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	This should be a future worth to be seen? a machine remains to be a machine. And if man must use this machinistic crutch to find partner, relation, pleasure, than something is wrong - and no software ever can breathe a soul into an assembled kit of technical gimmicks. I mean these things are even no replicants - they are machines! http://www.spiegel.de/international/...522919,00.html there is a radical alternative in explaining this, though. that is that human emotions are far more suggestible than we are ready to admit, and can indeed be triggered easily by just providing the matching key stimuli. example: parts of thie audience in a cinema crying - for what? A partnership with a robot - i think that becomes difficult at the latest when man starts to become old, and approaches his death soon. then the sould may no longer be willing to be foold by a software only, but reaches out to touch another living soul in fact, not a simulacrum. and when you live in loneliness, or under socially difficult circumstances - how does it feel to know that you only found company by having it getting tailored to your needs artificially, and because you payed for it? the gift of love is that it is given for free, and does not demand in return. paying for an illusion is what separates a prostitute from a true lover. Buying a robot? Not really the way to boost your self-esteem, i assume.Our understanding, our way of seeing ourselves, the state of our culture has chnaged since the 40s and 50s, and most drastically. maybe it is not wise to see certain things still in the naive rosy light of the early days of Asimov's robot tales. Or think of it like this: "My dildo has an IQ of 145." "Nice and well, but mine is better. My dildo actually can talk!" __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.