[quote=“Mister44, pos_emphasized text_t:98, topic:124685”]
That the sexbots/dolls are still unrealistic farcical parodies is sort of beside the point, which is that the goal is to create something indistinguishable from an actual human sexual partner save that it cannot disobey the owner, not so much a virtual toy as a virtual sex slave.
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In any case, my judgement would be based on whether it was an substitute sex slave or merely a sex toy, and the main difference is largely down to intent
Well this raises the question of “what is the intent of this technology?” You seem to suggest that it is to create a partner that can’t disobey. I think it is probably more that people are trying to create a more fulfilling masturbatory aid. As fun as jerking off can be, it pretty much never is as good as with another person. Your brain just doesn’t make the same chemicals. Personally I don’t know if you could ever replicate the experience. Maybe…
But masturbation is a solo pursuit- for many people the appeal is that there is no obligation or time required to pleasure a lover.
Robots, and certainly sex bots, are owned by individuals who are then responsible for their existence, capacities, and even potentially their “goals and desires.
A humanoid bot designed to have sex with humans would function just as a sex slave in that respect. After all, who would buy a sex bot that didn’t have sex?
A vibrator could also be called a slave, but there is no illusion that it is anything other than an object with a single function. Sex bots, with their evolving human forms, faces, voices and relationship AI are meant to blur the line between machine and human in hopes of replicating partner sex. And that’s where it gets sticky, because sex bot buyer always owns their partner.
