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Will companion robots solve relationship problems in the future?

Nitro said:
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Oh
The machine of a dream
Such a clean machine
With the pistons a-pumpin'
And the hubcaps all gleam

When I'm holding your wheel
All I hear is your gear
With my hand on your grease gun
Mmm, it's like a disease, son

I'm in love with my car
Got a feel for my automobile
Get a grip on my boy racer roll bar
Such a thrill when your radials squeal

Told my girl I'll have to forget her
Rather buy me a new carburetor
So she made tracks saying this is the end now
Cars don't talk back they're just four-wheeled friends now

When I'm holding your wheel
All I hear is your gear
When I'm cruisin' in overdrive
Don't have to listen to no run-of-the-mill talk jive

I'm in love with my car (I'm in love with my car, love with my car)
Got a feel for my automobile
I'm in love with my car (I'm in love with my car, love with my car)
String back gloves in my automo-love
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Cars are different, that goes without saying, who doesn't love a good car and want it in their lives? ;)
 
I've expected this possibility since forever because I was reading such sci-fi related stories as a kid. Philip K. Dick was probably the first to popularize the thought when they took his novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and made Blade Runner. The sequel film actually took the idea further in ways. Every once in a while a show comes on where they explore and show dolls and androids for companion purposes. It's a wild concept, but I do expect people will accept it more and more.
 
What would be of more concern to me than robots carrying on as humans would be robots that incrementally and physiologically evolve into organic beings.

"Are you alive?"

Pure science fiction or inevitable evolution? Perhaps all this has happened before, and will happen again.


Number Six. Oh my...."There must be some way out of here....said the joker to the thief.....:cool:
 
I think the call for pausing A.I. trajectory is very wise. I also think unfortunately it will be ignored and little if nothing will be done about it. It would likely take an act of Congress, a law to place limits and barriers on what can or can't be done. I don't see that happening, unfortunately.
 
Magna said:
I think the call for pausing A.I. trajectory is very wise. I also think unfortunately it will be ignored and little if nothing will be done about it. It would likely take an act of Congress, a law to place limits and barriers on what can or can't be done. I don't see that happening, unfortunately.
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Oh yeah that will be ignored. Someone will push as hard as they can on this A.I thing. Because think of the profit. Think of the mountain of money you can make on and with A.I. No one can stop that desire. Even if congress made a law against it, it wouldn't change anything at this point. China or some other country or some underground criminal enterprise would develop and use A.I for all it's worth. I wonder what North Korea is doing with A.I these days?
 
Forest Cat said:
Oh yeah that will be ignored. Someone will push as hard as they can on this A.I thing. Because think of the profit. Think of the mountain of money you can make on and with A.I. No one can stop that desire. Even if congress made a law against it, it wouldn't change anything at this point. China or some other country or some underground criminal enterprise would develop and use A.I for all it's worth. I wonder what North Korea is doing with A.I these days?
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Correct. The topic of this thread is about companion robots but like you're mentioning, A.I. inventions have been advancing in a very ominous way in the direction of combat robots. "Skynet" (ie Terminator) realized. Should any country be allowed to make robot battalions that are designed to kill with high efficiency? Swarms of autonomous small killing drones, "Hunter Seekers" (ie Dune) realized?
 
Magna said:
Correct. The topic of this thread is about companion robots but like you're mentioning, A.I. inventions have been advancing in a very ominous way in the direction of combat robots. "Skynet" (ie Terminator) realized. Should any country be allowed to make robot battalions that are designed to kill with high efficiency? Swarms of autonomous small killing drones, "Hunter Seekers" (ie Dune) realized?
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I think Russia has already made robot battalions. :fearscream: Drone swarms are already being used in the Ukraina/Russia war. And I would be surprised if China haven't made robot battalions. They have worked on robots for many years now.
 
This discussion is reminding me of this clip from I-Robot (which is one of the best parts of the film in my opinion):

Ghosts in the Machine:
 
LadyS said:
Me: "Welcome to Jurassic Park..."
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What Dr. Ian Malcolm Understood about Our Planet That Almost Everyone Else Doesn't

"So what are you saying?" Hammond asked. "We shouldn't care about the environment?" "No, of course not," Malcolm replied. "Then what?"
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Yet on rare occasion we are seeing real scientists and visionaries who share the same vision of slowing down or even stopping some technologies. Reminds me of a much older but profound scientific proclamation, when the stakes were astronomically higher:

ahf.nuclearmuseum.org

The Franck Report - Nuclear Museum

Report of the Committee on Political and Social ProblemsManhattan Project “Metallurgical Laboratory”University of ChicagoJune 11, 1945 V. SummaryThe development of nuclear power not only constitutes an important addition to the technological and military power of the United States, but also...
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thebulletin.org

Prominent nuclear scientists did not recommend the atomic bombings of Japan

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists co-founder Eugene Rabinowitch warned in June 1945 against dropping the bombs on Japan. What would he say about Hiroshima and Nagasaki today?
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Here's a robot companion that won't solve anything but cause lots of problems I'm sure. The Thermonator, a robot dog equipped with a flamethrower capable of shooting flames up to 30 feet. And it can be yours for $10 000. The perfect gift for psychopaths, terrorists and drug lords. The end is nigh.

www.autoevolution.com

Thermonator Is Here: Flame-Throwing Robot Dog Can Be Legally Yours for Under $10K

Advertised last summer and with a slight delay, Thermonator has arrived to market: flamethrower-yielding robot dog is "ready for anything," surprisingly legal
www.autoevolution.com www.autoevolution.com
 
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Forest Cat said:
Here's a robot companion that won't solve anything but cause lots of problems I'm sure. The Thermonator, a robot dog equipped with a flamethrower capable of shooting flames up to 30 feet. And it can be yours for $10 000. The perfect gift for psychopaths, terrorists and drug lords. The end is nigh.

www.autoevolution.com

Thermonator Is Here: Flame-Throwing Robot Dog Can Be Legally Yours for Under $10K

Advertised last summer and with a slight delay, Thermonator has arrived to market: flamethrower-yielding robot dog is "ready for anything," surprisingly legal
www.autoevolution.com www.autoevolution.com
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I'm guessing a primary customer base for that will be the super-rich. Every estate will have a whole pack of those robo-dogs roaming their expanse. Not joking.
 
"Companion" robots will solve relationship problems just as much as porn solves involuntary celibacy.

That is to say, not much. The real solution involves teaching people what human relationships are all about and how to be equal participants in them.
 
Cryptid said:
The real solution involves teaching people what human relationships are all about and how to be equal participants in them.
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A "tough row to hoe" as they say given the current climate seems to promote that the opposite sex is the enemy and the problem. That wrong approach is purposeful and by design, but that doesn't make it any less arduous for the future of our species.
 
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