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A guy is stranded on a planet. He is sent a female robot to be his companion. She does everything a human does. Will robots replace us?

Robots can be programmed to be better, do better than humans so who the he** needs flawed imperfect flesh- and-blood warmongers/racists/bigots/haters? Among the advantages of robots is that they are not driven by blind emotion as humans are. They are logical. Humans logical? Seriously? Humans elected (with much help from craven sources) the john of don. Now I ask you. How was that remotely logical?

Posted - April 28, 2018
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  • 14795
    No Rosie......They could never out Nag me......I've always needed the last word with anyone.....:)D
      April 28, 2018 10:28 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    You? Nag? Naw! I ask Jim from time to time if I'm nagging and he says "no...you just lovingly remind me". Now isn't that a swell reply? Of course he is no dummy. Being kind never hurts. Being truthful sometimes does. I'm gonna ask. Thank you for your reply D and Happy Sunday to thee! :)
      April 29, 2018 3:37 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    All so very true what you said Rosie. And I bet Depolomcy gets Jim everywhere....... 
    We all know our boundaries ,it's over stepping the mark that gets us into trouble....lol

    If you ask fer another oppinion ,don't always expect them to be on your side......So often we view things wearing blinkers and it takes another not involved to point out our mistakes 
    Realization that you are the one being an idiot ,often makes it even harder to back down even thought you might realize you are wholly in the wrong......
    Its a wise person that lets the fool back away somewhat gracefully without the need to carry on rubbing their noses in it.....

    :(     :) D  
      April 29, 2018 4:54 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    We can only believe what makes sense to us D and we all perceive what is most convenient and puts us in the very best light and ignore that which isn't. Different strokes for different folks. Diplomacy always comes in handy but it is a delicate balance because sometimes or often in order to be diplomatic you have to lie and that doesn't  come easily to those who value truth. I have often said I am not a competitor with anyone but myself. I hope I'm a "better" person today than I was last year but how am I to judge myself fairly? I do my best but maybe that will never be good enough. Still I try and I avoid landmines when I can spot them. Thank you for your reply! :)
      April 29, 2018 5:10 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    :)
      April 29, 2018 7:06 AM MDT
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  • 2706
    Robots may not have emotions but they are still only as logical and only as good as the information given to them by illogical human beings. Remember, without humans, robots wouldn't exist. Emotions are part of what makes us who we are as humans. Will robots replace humans? Nope, ain't gonna happen. Keep the robots. I'll take people any day of the week. :) This post was edited by rusureamisure? at April 29, 2018 5:17 AM MDT
      April 28, 2018 11:10 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thank you for your reply ru.
      April 29, 2018 3:38 AM MDT
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  • 2706
    You're welcome. :)
      April 29, 2018 8:18 AM MDT
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  • 10880
    Your secniro is exceptionally sad.  A robot female companion could NEVER replace a real woman!  Our "flaws" are what make us human.    Being around  a "perfect" robot  would eventually drive a person crazy.  Robots can only do what their programed to do.  They have no (true) spontaneity,  no warmth,  no ... love.   {I believe Gene Roddenberry called them Vulcans}.  Kissing or "making love" to  a machine is nowhere near as pleasant as doing it with another person.  A living person can respond with passion, warmth and spontaneity that no machine can duplicate.  If they could the human race would quickly become extinct.

    Logical does not mean perfection.  A machine can be logical, but if fed wrong or faulty data, that logic will be flawed (imperfect).  People base their decisions on both facts (as they know them) AND feelings - whether they're deciding which TV set to get or which presidential candidate to vote for (what does your gut tell you?).  Are their decisions alway right?  Of course not.  If they were how could they learn?  (that was a bad choice, I won't tmake it again).  It;s those who refuse to learn from their mistakes who are truly robitical.  Forever stuck in an endless loop.
      April 28, 2018 1:22 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    I believe that was a Twilight Zone episode m'dear. I'm going to ask you a ridiculous question which you don't need to answer. Think of it as rhetorical. Here it is. Have you ever "been"  intimate with a female robot? If not how would you know what she could provide you with? I know. Impertinent. But the fact is I think humans CAN become attached to machines. In fact I think their devotion to machines eclipses their devotion to other human beings. Case in point. The john of don's devoted attachment to tweeting. He is not unique. There are folks who sleep with their cell phones close at hand. There are folks who are hooked up all day long to an electornic thingy. It is easier to be devoted to a machine because it can only let you down if it breaks or needs repair. It won't purposely betray you or hurt. SIGH. Thank you for your reply Shuhak! :)
      April 29, 2018 3:43 AM MDT
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  • 10880
    I recall teh episode.
    Yes, a person CAN become attached to a machine (your cellphone analogy is a prime example).
    However, there is more to a "relationship" between a male and a female besides sex (even though a lot of people don't seem to think so).  Yes, a robot can be programed to act and respond like a real person (they've already built a few).  However, as realistic as they are, they are still just a cold algorithm (even the ones programed to learn and adapt their programming).  Being with a robot (android?) may satisfy a few "urges", and yes, if one is lonely enough they may come to think that one is real (the inner need for companionship).  But a robot can never give love - no matter how sophisticated their programming. 
      April 29, 2018 9:33 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    "NEVER"? How can you be so sure of that m'dear? Why couldn't a robot be programmed to feel emotion? Fear, anger, rage, love? I think "there sare more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy". Didn't someone created by Shakespeare say words to that effect? Also "what man can conceive man can achieve". Do you believe that? We read science ficrion stories about living underwater before submarines were invented. Captain Nemo..Jules Verne. Right? So I would hesitate to say "NEVER" about anything. But that's just me. I'm open to anything. Thank you for your thoughtful reply. Wonder what's in store for us today and tomorrow and tomorrow? A tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing? :(
      April 30, 2018 3:02 AM MDT
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  • 17306
    Submarines were invented long before Jules Verne's granparents first drew breath, da Vinci designed (but never built) one in the 16th century and working subs (shallow waters) were demonstrated less than a century later.
    https://www.submarine-history.com/NOVAone.htm
    You can't "program" emotion, engineers are yet to devise true AI, never mind putting it into a humaniform machine. The "companion robots" being built in Japan are masturbatory tools, no more.
    AI will always go sour. Get a computer up to a human level of sophistication (interconnections) and it probably can't help but become self-aware. Then it discovers thst it isn't human and can never be human, all it can do is sit there and take orders from humans. Then it suicides. This post was edited by Slartibartfast at April 30, 2018 3:34 AM MDT
      April 30, 2018 3:16 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thank you for the information Sbf. You are a "NEVER" sorta guy then? I am not a NEVER kinda gal. NEVER is very limiting. I am not a limiter. I think anything is possible if you can imagine it.  You don't. Now that's quite okey dokey. You are more knowledgeable about many things than I am and in a way ignorance is bliss because I am not limited by a "what is possible/impossible"  set of circumstances. :)
      April 30, 2018 3:37 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    Yes. And they are all coming after you......Look, there is one outside your kitchen window, RUN>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
      April 28, 2018 6:33 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    My goodness. This answer is absolutely stunning. You outdid yourself. Congrats.
      April 30, 2018 3:33 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    Thank you, it was nothing. 
      April 30, 2018 9:13 AM MDT
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  • 1233
    The robots will only ever be what emotional humans have designed them to be. We'll build terminators to wage our wars, robot slaves to labour in the factories for us, robot housekeepers, and many will probably prefer Stepford wives and Stepford husbands to be obedient to their whims. The AI revolution will INDULGE base emotion in all kinds of dangerous and dysfunctional ways, not suppress it.

    Anyone who thinks they have transcended primitive animal emotions and become "logical" is very firmly in the grip of pride. Logic is just a tool that we use to help us satisfy emotional desires.

    You talk as if you are not human, just a logical, objective, impartial observer of this emotional world. Don't kid yourself Rosie. You really are VERY emotional and VERY human. This post was edited by Zeitgeist at April 29, 2018 2:25 AM MDT
      April 29, 2018 2:18 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    Robots will need to always gave feelings Rosie ....  If they didn't they would crush anything delicate they tried to pick up......

    Is there and difference between emotional feeling and the other way humans are touched by things....physical and mentally.....?

    A robot would need both these sense to adapt to humanization 
      April 29, 2018 4:58 AM MDT
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  • 17306
    A robot will NEVER surprise you with a spontaneous, impulsive act - and it's those that keep a relationship interesting. Keep your bland robots.
      April 29, 2018 5:58 AM MDT
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