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mikelitoris 5 hours ago

Safest job from AI is also the oldest job.

shagie 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Machine sex and other stories by Candas Jane Dorsey - https://archive.org/details/machinesexothers0000dors/page/76...

falcor84 3 hours ago | parent [-]

If we're doing book recommendations, I quite recommend the essays in https://academic.oup.com/mit-press-scholarship-online/book/1... and particularly the philosophical discussion there of whether "robot sex" is an oxymoron, as a robot almost by definition cannot dissent, so it might only be "robot-assisted masturbation"

shagie 3 hours ago | parent [-]

For any wondering, that book is also available on internet archive.

https://archive.org/details/robotsexsocialet0000unse

falcor84 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's not obvious at all, particularly given the myriad movies trying to scare us about the dangers of robots taking over that.

kayodelycaon 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Mostly because selling and/or using it is illegal or morally offensive enough to be penalized by your community if too many people know.

rglover 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you thought all of the money being poured into data centers was excessive, wait until people can order up a proto-sentient sex bot to their front door. Oh boy.

Ekaros 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think there is good chance that AIs have already replaced parts of the certain aspects of industry. And with some tuning could probably replace lot more of at least virtual parts...

nater5000 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Of course, stone mason

iwontberude 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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