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BrokenQuill92 Offline
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Love?
February 10, 2014 at 12:14 am
Would or could an AI/human romantic relationship work? (Think Data or Chii)
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RE: Love?
February 10, 2014 at 12:18 am (This post was last modified: February 10, 2014 at 12:19 am by Darkstar.)
It all depends on whether or not said A.I were sufficiently advanced. At the time being, I don't think we could even figure out exactly how advanced that would be, let alone build said machine. That being said "mostly\completely indistinguishable from a normal human" would be a decent, if rather vague, qualifier to that end.
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RE: Love?
February 10, 2014 at 12:22 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_fetishism
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RE: Love?
February 10, 2014 at 12:40 am


I've dated men who were stiffer than Commander Data. Why not?
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RE: Love?
February 10, 2014 at 3:13 am
(February 10, 2014 at 12:14 am)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Would or could an AI/human romantic relationship work? (Think Data or Chii)

I think a human man and AI woman would work great, assuming there was an off switch somewhere. Devil
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RE: Love?
February 10, 2014 at 3:44 am
(February 10, 2014 at 12:14 am)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Would or could an AI/human romantic relationship work? (Think Data or Chii)

Maybe ... if you turn them on.
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RE: Love?
February 10, 2014 at 3:58 am
(February 10, 2014 at 3:44 am)Rayaan Wrote:
(February 10, 2014 at 12:14 am)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Would or could an AI/human romantic relationship work? (Think Data or Chii)

Maybe ... if you turn them on.

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RE: Love?
February 10, 2014 at 4:06 am
(February 10, 2014 at 3:13 am)bennyboy Wrote: I think a human man and AI woman would work great, assuming there was an off switch somewhere. Devil

The off switch on Chii was between her legs, so... that didn't work out so well. Tongue

As to the OP, I don't see why not; assuming the A.I could achieve what we understand to be sentience, otherwise... well, it'd just be a sex doll, wouldn't it? Tongue
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RE: Love?
February 10, 2014 at 4:14 am
People fall in love with dogs, and indeed cars. Our ability to anthromorphalise is remarkable. So I see no reason why a person could not love a robot.

As to the robot loving a person, well there's the real rub. Can we adequately define love in order to program it?
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Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
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RE: Love?
February 10, 2014 at 4:24 am
(February 10, 2014 at 4:14 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Can we adequately define love in order to program it?

I don't think so.

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