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RE: Already Here

Comment comment by gnifyus on 02 January 2008

I did not mean to imply raping or molesting the robots, simulating the rape or molestation of a human.

Actually the whole thing was sort of a tongue-in-cheek poke at the whole idea of robot rights. That sort of thing is hard to imagine today, but maybe someday the concept will be appropriate.

Seriously though, I doubt whether a person with these tendencies would even get whatever satisfaction they required from a robot, if they knew it was a robot. If the robot was extremely life-like as in Blade Runner, then maybe they might, but if they are that realistic, maybe they do need rights. (I think this movie also touched on that topic in its strange way.)

But if I understand you correctly, what you are talking about is having the robots be so accepting that the violent or overly sexual tendencies toward others are more or less nurtured away. I guess the question still has to be; how are these people identified soon enough to begin this subtle mechanical psychotherapy? Or would the benefit have to be based on the chance they just find these (carefully placed?) robots in their subconscious search for an endlessly accepting person?

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RE: Already Here by PowerPointSamurai :: NR7

Ahhh, how could I have forgotten to add Blade Runner to my list? I think it would be inevitable for sex-bots to be that realistic, because people would demand more and more tactile realism and inter-"personal" response.

As for the latter part, yeah, I think that's where I was going with where this could be good. My premise is that ONE of the factors that drive deviants like molesters and rapists to victimize others is lack of outlet due to self-repression that suddenly and violently ruptures with the need for furtive, covert expression, fear of rejection, etc. I've heard it said many times that rape is not a sexual act, it's a violent act against the victim. Maybe a therapeutic, patient, realistic bot could nurture a screwed up individual back to normal relationships by gradually applying more and more influence toward acceptable behavior.

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