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Rape and Molestation

Comment comment by ldsudduth on 03 January 2008

"lonely" and "miserable" will "have an alternative that satisfies them without doing any harm to other people."

Hm.. I'm not sure the 'bots' would be any more effective than any other methodology. Regardless of how 'realistic' they are--they probably still wouldn't provide the necessary realism for pedophiles, rapists and other sexual deviants need in order for their particular psychological disfunction to be appeased.

Would it end prostitution? Perhaps, but there are certain members of that 'community' who derive their own satisfaction from providing sexual favors in return for compensation.

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I'm not talking about having them simulate their preferred variety of victim or the scenarios they desire, just that they might be a therapeutic tool more patient, willing to face risks, and put up with such a person as they gradually bend them back to acceptable behavior.

Although you might be right. I've heard that pedophiles in particular have a dismal recovery record. On that, there's promise of early identification and correction with brain scanning. CBC Quirks and Quarks had a really good podcast on Neuroscience and the Law. For example, there is some evidence that brain damage in a certain region of the brain is what drives pedophilia.

As for prostitution, I think that the human variety will be driven out of business (and subsequent human trafficking) by lower cost droids, especially since they theoretically shouldn't pass on a disease to you. Additionally, if programmed correctly, it would end the urge for this type of behavior and this type of furtive behavior would be obviated. On the other hand, I guess some people get into the sneaking around aspect of it, but at least the human victims will be removed.

Here's another important implication of realistic, responsive droids: humans driven out of the customer service industry altogether. You already see "self-checkout" aisles at the grocery store and automated messages with your credit card company. I predict that advances in chatterbot technology will continue to gradually push people out of the lower tiers of the service industry.