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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/68343929

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[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Aside from birthrates... maybe not such a bad idea. Go out and learn how to talk to actual people and whatnot.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have you seen people? No thanks.

Thing is, having people grow accustomed to the idea of romantic ai bots has very negative implications.

AI on it's own is already problematic, every clanker is a yes clanker, the erosion of common knowledge and perception, the polution,.... But with romance/erotica involved it's probably not too far fetched that there will be people who grow up into the idea that panties should drop just because you said hi. That's how we get incels and rapists.

[–] UninterestingVoid@reddthat.com 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 2 points 22 hours ago

You're telling me you wouldn't date mechahitler if given the chance? /s

[–] cosmos8188@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not really as simple as that, especially since the corporations and governments botch everything everywhere. There are of course other factors.

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Did you mean to post this comment somewhere else? Not trying to be insulting but it just feels a little out of context.

[–] vanillama@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

They probably meant that they don't trust governments to implement policy like this well enough, but not sure.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

No you heard him, Uncle Sam is a cockblocking bastard!