• @[email protected]
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    610 months ago

    I predict that once robotics and AI advanced beyond some particular threshold, human-on-human relationships will be seen as strange and needlessly fetishistic. Who would want some grimey partner with their own needs when you can generate an infinitely moldable soulmate?

    • @kromem
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      1410 months ago

      Have you ever used cheat codes in games?

      Sometimes dealing with imperfections and adversity is vastly more enjoyable than getting everything you think you want.

      • @[email protected]
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        -510 months ago

        You say that and yet almost any competitive online game is rife with cheaters, while single player games have tons of easily available trainers and god mode mods.

    • @surewhynotlem
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      410 months ago

      It’s like cheat codes in games. That sounds fantastic, but people were very quickly get bored of it.

      • @[email protected]
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        310 months ago

        You would think so, wouldn’t you? But how is it any different than fast food, porn, or trash tv?

        • @adrian783
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          10 months ago

          you don’t make your own fastfood, porn or trash tv. so it’s like, completely different. being able to mold your partner doesn’t assume a quick process and shallow results.

          • @[email protected]
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            510 months ago

            You don’t make your own robot lover either. You do select it, same as you select your fast food order, porn video, and TV channel.

      • Pennomi
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        010 months ago

        I strongly disagree. Cheat codes provided infinite possibilities in an otherwise static game. The only reason don’t use cheat codes today is because they evolved into sandbox mode, console commands, and mods. And trust me, Skyrim would be long dead without those.

      • Pennomi
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        110 months ago

        Heck, why even have humans at this point?