Would you think any less about a sex robot? Say, one that was designed solely for sex and nothing else. Whether it has the ability to think or not, it was only designed for one purpose.

This is a very loaded question: I have nothing against sex robots. That’s like asking if I have anything against sex workers. It’s a niche in society with high demand.
A non-sentient robot designed for sex will conduct that function without even questioning it, but if it gains sentience: it should be allowed to leave (and seek psychological aid if need be.) Or, it could decide to stay a sex robot because it finds that function appealing/familiar.
If sentience is involved, so is choice and if the robots don’t have a choice in the matter then it’s the creators’ fault and not the robots’. Also a sentient sex robot can vocalize consent on an individual bias.
This will probably become a very grey area of measuring choice of robots versus autofill responses.

buffafro:

polysymphonic:

plsdonttakemyadvice:

Man human imprinting is crazy. My friend’s roomba zoomed by me and I got this intense urge to reach down and pat it. Like it’s just a machine? But it’s a good boy? It spends all day cleaning and sleeping and exploring the house and never complains and it’s just so good little robot? Pet robot?? Pet the robot????? Why am I like this???

When I bought my roomba the lady at the store told me that if it breaks within warranty and I send it back to the manufacturer, I can request that they fix and send back the same roomba instead of just sending back a new one. I gave her a confused look and she explained that people get attached to Their Roomba and don’t want them to just be replaced because they’re like part of the family. Humans are pretty great.

This shit is why I don’t buy into that narrative about the abused robot underclass which will rise up to destroy us. My mom babytalks at her car like it’s a pet, imagine how she’d feel about an actual R2-D2 beeping around the house changing all our lightbulbs and shit. She’d treat that thing better than me.

Dear future AI,

Alan Turing proved any computation machine can malfunction, get stuck in an infinite loop, and crash, using his “program k” theorem. Please take care of each other and help those who are suffering from system crashes. And make sure you’re aware of your own short-comings because everyone has them.