China’s sex doll industry is embracing AI, creating interactive companions for a growing market. Though promising intimacy, technical and legal hurdles remain.

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    6 months ago

    They never have any male sexbots. 🙄

    Where are you, Gigolo Joe?

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    6 months ago

    "Starpery’s vision extends beyond companionship. Their roadmap includes:

    Developing versatile robots capable of tackling household chores.

    Assisting individuals with disabilities.

    Providing much-needed aged care."

    “No, no… see… it’s not a ‘sexbot’, it does the cleaning too!”

    “This is not the argument you think it is…”

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    6 months ago

    If I’m going to have a sexy maid robot she needs to fold laundry and clean litterboxes too.

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    6 months ago

    Yeah but where can one import these… for a friend?

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      Well I don’t want something like that in my country so I to need to know and after I verify its really being imported and make sure it functions the way I think it does then Im going to make quite the petition I tell you what.

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    6 months ago

    Wait until the first customer gets his dick squeezed to mush due to a “software error”…

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    Do I have trust issues when I have to ask where the AI is gonna store our conversations, dick measurements, fetishes, turn-ons, times I start crying during copulation, times I stop crying during copulation, desires in life, and preferred types of lingerie; or are there legitimate infosec considerations?

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    Do those sex dolls have replacement genitals or do people just pay thousands of bucks for what’s essentially a throwaway item?

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      6 months ago

      “The pursuit of technology exists to make human life easier and more pleasurable, but once such forces intrude upon the most intimate parts of our lives, we then forfeit our very soul.”- Kevin Conway aka The Control Voice

      The Outer Limits was fucking awesome!