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If you could have the perfect, ideal partner for you, but they were a construct of technology, would you still want to be with them?

Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and robotics have been getting more advanced over the years and it is likely that they will one day get to the point where digital programs are indistinguishable from reality.

If such technology could hijack our brains to perceive these virtual worlds and people the same as we perceived real-life, could you see yourself living in this matrix?

Your artificial romantic partner could be tailor made for you with the ideal appearance, values, interests, humor, and personality traits. Everything you ever wanted and needed.

Would your mind change if you were single or unfulfilled in relationships for a long period of time? Even if it meant the possibility of dying alone?
Nope, no interest without emotions and "the unexpected" things that can only happen between people. Unlike a robot, a romantic partner *isn't* there to serve me, but sometimes they choose to. That mutual choice and sense of chemistry is what makes relationships worthwhile. A robot can't see me, a robot is an extension of myself.
YoungPoet345 · 26-30, F
Nooo. I don’t think I would want a robot boyfriend or girlfriend. I’d much rather have someone imperfect that meshes well with me and enhances my life. They don’t have to be a 100% match. It would almost be eery. Not very meaningful or fulfilling.
bearinthehalfwayhouse · 26-30, M
Hell yeah I would. Real life thots be too much work yo. ┬┴┬┴┤•ᴥ •ʔ I mean... Eventually we'd all probably get sick of it and want something real............ Depends on how good it can be.. idk.. But I'm for it..... Finally gonna get to be with Monika. ┬┴┬┴┤•ᴥ•ʔ/
As in like a Blade Runner scenario?
TinyViolins · 31-35, M
@Mandalorian What if it could? If future brain scans can show exactly what parts of the brain get activated during sex, and technology could replicate and stimulate those neural networks exactly, is that something you'd still be interested in? After all, the way we perceive the world is mostly through electrical pulses
@TinyViolins I get what your saying, but it's the "concept" that doesnt work for me...because it's just not my type...

...eg: a gay guy could stimulate me better than a woman theoretically let's say, but I'm not gay, so I have zero sexual interest in it? Does that make sense now?

...Its a actually a type of new sexuality that you're talking about here...maybe you should name it?
TinyViolins · 31-35, M
@Mandalorian Fair enough. Part of the whole experience is just knowing that it's real, which is why sex with a prostitute and sex with a romantic partner feel very different
pknein · 46-50, M
you presume we arent already living in a matrix
TinyViolins · 31-35, M
@pknein Because it's a matter of choice. Would you take the blue pill or the red pill? If something is all you've ever known, there's not much of an incentive to change it.
pknein · 46-50, M
alright but what do you think the question, as you posed it (with the stipulation about knowing) actually gets to answering? What do you think the question reveals if someone says yes or no?
TinyViolins · 31-35, M
@pknein It can reveal a lot of things. Different people are motivated by different things. It's not meant to be a Rorschach test, but a matter of what people prefer between two alternatives.
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SW-User
i don’t think ai can replicate the perversion i need
MellyMel22 · F
@SW-User 😆
SW-User
Hell no. Sounds like something for peeps who can't deal with a real relationship
Nope, I need someone a little less perfect than that.
JupiterDreams · 31-35
Yeah, I'd do it
TinyViolins · 31-35, M
@JupiterDreams Even if you knew it wasn't real?
JupiterDreams · 31-35
@TinyViolins Mhmm, it might be worth it
TinyViolins · 31-35, M
@JupiterDreams I don't blame you. I'd probably end up doing it too
PerfectIllusion · 41-45, F
Nah, sounds like it would be to boring.
Fauxmyope2 · 26-30, F
No, I want the real deal.
TinyViolins · 31-35, M
@Fauxmyope2 What if the real deal never came along?
Fauxmyope2 · 26-30, F
@TinyViolins He might not. I will have to live with that.
MellyMel22 · F
[i][c=#BF0080]Wouldn't be for me.[/c][/i]
When I'm very old - Yeah!... Stuck in a nursing home isn't my ideal way to go out - i'd love to return to an earlier me and have a sort of do- over 😊

 
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