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[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 14 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

All those things could be more readily solved by just legalizing and de-stigmatizing sex work. AI sex bots actively harm that industry by taking work away from humans, just like how a hypothetical AI acting bot would harm the acting industry.

[–] Nolvamia@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

Get yer pitchforks! They're a'coming for our blowjerbs!

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

The work could be done cheaper by robots, presumably. And sure, I'm all for legalized sex work. But if a machine can do it better, faster, and cheaper - why not? Fleshlights exist - are you opposed to those because they take work from sex workers? Ludditism always fails - if human sex workers are still around after we have fully functioning sex bots, it is because they can provide something the bots can't. And I think this will be the case - at the end of the day, we know on a deep level that there is a difference between fucking a bot and fucking a real human.

[–] lovely_reader@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Ludditism always fails

But not necessarily because they were wrong.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

Just because we can automate something, doesn't mean we should. At least not until we live in a moneyless society.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I mean your right, but if I were to guess which is more likely, sex bots takes the win.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Sure, I was just pushing back on the "wouldn't AI sex bots be good actually" take

[–] tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

you're right, but consider: unless we're going even farther down the subscription shithole, a sexbot would be a one time purchase.

[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

They are definitely going to make the personality updates and features all subscription based.