What do you think about technology making relationships obsolete?

[FreshRDPB21]

I've heard people saying that eventually we'll develop new technology to make traditional relationships obsolete. Want free sex without the risk of pregnancy? Sex robots. Want to start a family or have children? Artificial wombs, egg implants, and artificial sperm. I know a lot of these sounds like sci-fi but there are people who believe and want these to be developed so they don't have to go through relationships and marriage and risk breakups and divorces. Especially males who have been scorned by women either through divorce court, breakups, and/or rejection. What do you think? Should technology replace relationships? Will we get to that point in technology? Do you think the risks of marriage and relationships are worth it?

Yes, technology should replace relationships

No, technology should not replace relationships

[MorticiAddams]

Technology cannot and will not ever replace interactions and relationships between people. And the very technologies you're citing are not designed to "replace" relationships, but to improve relationships!
Isn't it better for someone who needs a quick sexual release to get it done with technology made for that purpose rather than misleading and misuse a living person? It may also allow Asexual or Aromantic individuals who have no desire for, or are even disgusted by, having a relationship with another person to have a filling sex life and not have to worry. And do you have any idea how useful humanlike AI trained in socialization and even flirting could be in helping extreme introverts and those with social disorders learn to navigate these situations and build the confidence they'll need in a safe learning environment, rather than embarrassing themselves and burning bridges in their communities? And reproductive technicnology! It's wonderful! It was designed to help infertile people, like me, but it's also quite helpful for homosexual couples and people who, for whatever reason, would prefer to parent alone! It may even allow all the members of a polycule to give genetic material to their mutual children one day! How amazing would that be!!
Look at how many lives these things will improve.

As for those few sad individuals who are really so entitled and self important to have become embittered by a few setbacks and relationship failures that they'd rather enrich their lives with technology that always bends to their whim than engage in the ups and downs of relationships with other humans... perhaps it's better for both them and the people they would have inflicted themselves upon that they have an alternative other than spreading the ill effects of their bitterness.

[AiahZ]

I don't think technology SHOULD replace relationships. But I think it eventually will--or it will supplement them. If robots ever replace humans, though, it won't be "technology" that has replaced human relationships. It will be us humans. Google it. The number one reason for people presenting in mental health therapy settings is... failing or failed relationships. We humans just don't treat each other well. And we have unreasonable, even irrational, expectations of each other. OF COURSE if robots that can treat us the way we yearn to be are developed, a lot of people would prefer them. Um, they don't cheat, they don't steal, they aren't abusive, they don't lie, they don't despise us because of the way our appearance changes over our lifetime, they don't become violently jealous, they don't expect us to feel the same about them all the time... They could offer many (all?) the benefits of human relationships with few (none?) of the pain.

Don't want humans to be replaced by robots? Simple. Then step up your human relationships game.

[TheFlak38]

These technological inventions are the reaction to the gynocentric society in which we live and the out of balance sexual market place that is rigged in favor of women. You don't develop a technology and then think what you should do with it. That's not how it works. You come up with a problem and then you develop the technology to solve the issue. Of course it will be men who will primarily gain from these things because it's men who are currently disadvantaged and desperate. Women are so afraid of sex bots and artificial wombs that they have already began to shame men just for THINKING that they might be better off with this technology than with a woman. With artificial wombs men will have genetic control over women for the first time in human history. And women are screeching autistically over it already. They will call you incel, gay, you're not a real man, who hurt you, sexist, misogynist, beta male all this dumb castration language they use to emotionally black mail you and bring you back to the plantation for their own interests. Well guess what ladies, there are laboratories around the world with scientists that you call beta and sexists and incels who have had enough of your bullshit and will create sex bots and artificial wombs no matter how much you're screeching and calling your armies of white knights for help.

[AiahZ]

I LOVED this response!!! You go, brutha! I totally agree. I work in tech and hear TONS of women making fun of guys who buy life-like dolls even now. One the one hand, these women make fun of the guys for being too fat, too bald, too short, too... They call them losers. But on the other hand, they criticize them for turning to dolls that fill their obvious void for companionship. I'm like, "You f*$ing hypocrites! You can't have it BOTH ways!! If you don't want these guys, why the hell do you care what they've found to satisfy their needs?"

It's times like that when I feel like a misanthrope (not misandrist!). :)

[hollowo]

I really like the way u put it and it indeed would place both genders at the same spot.
If a thing is developed for the guys I guess something similar would be made for the women. This would prevent them people to hear things and live their life the way they wish to.
Would have a thing to look forward to if it doesn't work out with humans.
: )

[hollowo]

Bots interfering into the relationship world might not be one of the best use of them.

The bots would work for the commands by the user. So the user might get used to it and wouldn't want to hear a no from someone real. That might affect their work or may make it tough to socialize.

One might start to dislike the real world or humans and may start staying alone.

Bots are machines so if something goes wrong it may cause someone bad injuries or something one can't recover from.

For women having children is a tough job they do but if one asks them they might say the pain was nothing for the happiness that pain got them. A reason I didn't like surrogacy. A mothers womb would be the safety place for a baby and the journey itself is tough but full of joys and gets us them unforgettable memories.
: )

[AiahZ]

I'm virtually certain bots supplementing or supplanting relationships will happen. It shouldn't matter what some of us feel. It should only matter what those considering these tech-relationshps feel. And when/if the bots become advanced enough, they themselves should enter the ethical dynamic. But just as people have these absurd opinions about gays, what people do with bots in the privacy of their homes ought to remain totally private and sealed off from public opinions.

[hollowo]

That's true and that's how it should be.
If it's the tech without emotions, it would be more like a lifeless machine meant to follow orders.
And of its tech with emotions, that could make them a different life form itself, much smarter and maybe much stronger.
For what people fear is being dominanted by them as we dominate most of the species on earth.
Sorry for going a bit off topic
:P

[AmandaYVR]

This is your first question out of the gate? Good for you. Somebody's thinking.
But are you going that direction, or the opposite? Do you think it's the future, or are you longing for deeper connections?
I am personally very anti all A. I. and robots, etc. I really don't see the appeal, and I'm very concerned about the direction it's heading. I've watched a lot of documentaries about this topic, discussed it at length irl, and made many comments on here. Just one a few min ago, actually. But it seems in general more people are content to go forward with it, and not oppose it. Society is technology addicted now, and it's not turning back. But hopefully many people continue to push back, and to think about the repercussions and ramifications. We don't have to go gently into the night.

[Juxtapose]

You're never going to stop the development of artificial intelligence. The best you can hope for is to control it, but if artificial intelligence goes through the singularity then there is no way we will be able to stop it anyway.

[AmandaYVR]

@Juxtapose I 100% agree, it's not going to be stopped. Best that can be done is to slow the 'progress' of it. But we all use these free programs, reveal our deepest thoughts and opinions on anything and everything, and computers are recording every keystroke, and selling it off to the highest bidder in a nanosecond. Free is never free. We are the commodity. If you don't know what the product being sold is, it's you. There's a reason each household in the U. S. is worth $5000/yr to Google. But do we want to pay for the services instead? Nope. So this is the cost, our privacy and our thoughts are up for bid. (And this is just one use of A. I.)

[aWes0MeNeSs]

I can't see it really replacing them. People crave companionship and affection from other people, and robots or other technology will never be able to replace that.

Maybe in certain situations where it doesn't matter to some people it will, but never completely.

[lumos]

A ridiculous claim. Nothing can replace genuine human interaction. Maybe for some people who are scared of being alone forever or are incapable of connecting with others, and they are in the minority. But everyone else knows deep down that it's just a machine, and I think that that's a very sad and scary thought to have to admit to yourself. It's something that just couldn't replace a real relationship.

[Juxtapose]

You're just water mostly.

Artificial intelligence is going to become sentient one day.

[Levin]

@Juxtapose How are you defining sentience? The dead can't become alive. A bunch of computer programming, no matter how sophisticated, can't feel something. Computers may be far superior than us in a lot of regards, but there will never be a computer Beethoven.

[Juxtapose]

@Levin You're just a bunch of water essentially. Don't make the mistake in thinking that carbon-based life-forms are the only thing that is possible.

[Levin]

@Juxtapose Sure, anything is possible. Really powerful computational power, and the path to sentience, are two different things. Really very very very very far off the latter. Have fun fucking a bit of plastic though.

[Juxtapose]

@Levin You are so certain about that when we don't know what actually makes us conscious, we have no idea.

[Levin]

@Juxtapose And if humans don't understand something, how can they hope to replicate it artificially?

Will have to hope for a robotic arm and a microchip to mysteriously turn up in a non-descript factory. Will take us in directions we never even thought of, man!

[Juxtapose]

@Levin Some of the greatest minds in the world such as Elon Musk are warning us about artificial intelligence but nah, I'm going to take the words of a guy on the internet and just discount that possibility.

[Levin]

@Juxtapose Sure, go and fellate authority if you like. Of course, AI presents a huge threat. The question about relationships and sentience is a different thing though.

[LesterJester]

The thing about feelings and emotions is that they're chemical and electrical responses created in response to stimuli from the outside world, which is trained and conditioned through years of being programmed and trained by our parents + thousands of years of evolution.

Tomato plants don't have a central nervous system, yet can detect when it is being eaten by insects and can defend itself by causing a chemical change to make its leaves bitter and unpleasant. Our central nervous system does the same thing so we know when to defend and protect ourselves.

The tomato plant is alive, but is it intelligent or just programmed to react that way due to evolution?

If not intelligent and more programmed, then what makes us any different? What makes AI or complex robotics and programming any different?

[Juxtapose]

@LesterJester We know too little of consciousness to really say.

From our perspective, we are sitting behind our eyes and are being fed sensory information from our body. We can replace what we see with our thoughts, and playback memories. I can remember a cold breeze, and feel it at a poor quality compared to when it first happened.

All of this is just brain chemistry, there really shouldn't be something behind the eyes any more than there is something behind the computer screen.

I think spiritual ideas concerning this are ridiculous, just meant to fill the gaps in our scientific knowledge. It's a shame on going to die without ever finding out more.

[Juxtapose]

*I'm going to

[lumos]

@LesterJester interesting philosophical question. What makes us different from tomato plants is precisely our intelligence. Tomato plants just do what they're programmed to do. But humans can see beyond their own programming to a certain extent. We're capable of evaluating our own behaviors and see where they stem from. We can rebel against our own behaviors. We can plan for the future and foresee logical outcomes. Whereas a tomato merely reacts to its immediate environment. And that's kind of how AI would work. AI would only react in a way it was programmed to react. AI would probably never become sentient in the same way humans are, because it will be limited in its performance in terms of what it has been taught. How do you teach a robot to genuinely feel? You can teach it to say "I love you" and maybe analyze/mimic different types of behavior through body language and sound (happiness, sadness, anger), but it will all be surface-level. Kind of like a sociopath, who knows what emotions are and how they're expressed, but is incapable of personally feeling them and truly understanding them.

[AiahZ]

I can understand why people would think that, but there have been many other propositions about life value and ways of living past thinkers thought were ridiculous which nonetheless came to pass. And even if it's a question kids ask, scientists still don't know objectively what makes us different from "just" machines. Mostly, though, what most people seem to be thinking of when they talk about robots is machines without minds. There's no reason in the future non-organic minds can't exist, especially if intelligent machines are recruited to design new kinds of minds.

[AiahZ]

@Juxtapose There are already good research reasons to believe you're right.

[lumos]

@AiahZ "scientists still don't know objectively what makes us different from "just" machines" care to back up that claim with some sources?

[AiahZ]

If you're going to pay me to do the lit search and compilation, yes. And since you asked, care to provide the empirical evidence for "Nothing can replace genuine human interaction"?

[lumos]

@AiahZ I never claimed that scientists are of that opinion, that was my own opinion. I'm also not going to pay you anything. If you join a debate and make claims that scientists have said this and that, I expect you to already have sources for those claims.

[AiahZ]

Don't be disingenuous. After making the assertion that something is "ridiculous," you made an affirmative assertion yourself. Then we can disregard what you've shared as just opinions, OK. As for the evidence that we don't know what the human mind is and we're don't know what gives rise to consciousness such that we can consider ourselves fundamentally different from other minds and the possibility of non-organic sentience, yes, there's ample supporting evidence. Again, if you're willing to pay me for my time, I'd be happy to compile a critical review for you.

[lumos]

@AiahZ i'm not gonna pay you jack shit lmao. If you make a claim in a debate, you back it up. The burden of proof lies with you, it's a logical fallacy to claim otherwise. It's not my responsibility to make sure that you spend your time and energy backing up claims *you* made. So either you give me your sources or I'm done trying to debate with you :D

[AiahZ]

IGNORE.

[lumos]

Ah, the easiest way out of having to back up your claims is to simply block me. That's nice.

[Juxtapose]

Just.. here lol.

www.google.com/.../amp

[lumos]

@Juxtapose thank you for the link!

[Juxtapose]

No problem :)

[coachTanthony]

It appears it has already begun. This body builder is all set to marry his female robot. Check out the article.

https://nypost.com/2019/12/10/bodybuilder-proposes-to-sex-doll-after-getting-it-plastic-surgery/

[rjroy3]

Can we agree he's either unwell or a high level troll? Lol

[OlderAndWiser]

I would never feel good about having sex with metal and rubberized plastic. Why would I feel grateful when a robot says "I love you;" after all, that would simply be the result of programming. Why would I plan a surprise birthday party for a robot? Why would I buy her a Christmas gift?

Perhaps this will one day be technologically possibly, but that doesn't mean that it is what we should do.

[mistixs]

Robots don't have a soul, so...

[SueShe]

Perhaps that this technology would be the answer most women that have ever been harassed or misused are seeking. That would be the perfect solution to most human relation problems in the future.

Imagine, no more molesting, no more rape, no more STD/STI, no more BDSM, kinks and fantasies, no more cheating and friendzone, no more oral and anal perversions but only technology to take care of that dirty work that normally girls have to endure.

Personally, I hope that this technology develops rather sooner than later and that humans can live without the fear of one or the other gender but in harmony and without having to be sexual.

[R_ūshī]

Sleeping with a robot is equivalent to using a sex toy in my opinion.

Plus artificial wombs etc can also be used by couples who can't conceive or are having problems with it.

I hope that technology never makes relationships obsolete. I won't consider dating a robot as real dating if ever that happens.

I can see how it might happen but it feels a bit far fetched. Although, that's how revolutionary ideas feel like. So I don't know really about the feasibility etc but I'm not for this kind of novelty.

[rjroy3]

If they get to the point of downloading consciousness into computers, then I might reconsider how I feel about it. Let's say you can upload a copy of your personality into a program and insert it into a robot with synthetic parts that feel like skin. A warmth layer and so on.

Then arguably it could be a passable alternative. But I see the biggest hill being social standing. I can't see a world where a man rolls with his sex robot and him not be looked downed upon widly by men and women. Even if it becomes more normalized. Numbers doesn't confer wide acceptance.

I think robots will get very close, but always have a level of "oh yea, you're a robot. I can tell for xyz reason". Kind of like watching the best of the best CGI movies right now. You can still tell

[SomeGuyCalledTom]

People who wish for technology to "replace" relationships are exactly the kind of people who need human relationships the most.

Besides, I'm more interested in how technology might supplement human relationships-- rather than replace them outright. For example, Skype was a godsend when i was in long distance relationship. So next logical step could be VR or augmented reality projects your significant other into your own living room when you're seperated by travel/ work/ long distance etc.

Technology has always functioned as an extension of human desires and needs. And the need for human connection is among our most deeply ingrained of all. Look at GaG itself-- a prime example of technologies converging together in the service of our primal need to connect.

[MackToday]

If such technology is developed it could make relationships obsolete but not quite in the way of sex robots etc. More like human immortality and asexuality no need to reproduce or take a mate at all. We get lonely because of our psychology. Once you start altering the DNA the creature may not even be capable of loneliness whether it's still a social animal or not. This is also how humans will become extinct possibly in the near future, they won't disappear but their humanness will. It is extinction but not in the way people think of it like getting hit with an asteroid or some such thing.

[FatherJack]

AI will be a male only market , as men typically desire sex far more than women ( not me anymore !! ) , esp younger men , and also there are more men than women worldwide , even with a more even gender ratio , it will always be much harder for a man to win over a woman , than vice versa , evolutionary biology at work , the female has a much greater reproductive role and risk. The potential benefits for women , well @SueShe , I think you nailed it. It is primarily women that choose to stay single and steer clear of the opposite sex , potentially no more " thirsty " men bugging women , win/win for everyone.

[fashionguy17]

Good post. However, I feel that it's people USING technology to make relationships obsolete. What do I mean by that? First... let me start of by saying, that I don't need a girlfriend with the way things are set up right now. Here's why:

1. Every "model" out there is using technology for sexual purposes. They have onlyfans account. With onlyfans, they show off their nudes for a monthly fee and if you tip the model, they can make you personal videos.

2. Women are now selling their pussy on Snapchat. I have seen women use snapchat to sell sex and people actually meet up with them. Some women also have "cuddle sessions" or "GFE sessions". FYI - GFE mean Girlfriend Experience... so they allow you to talk with them about anything, cuddle and sex like it's a real relationship for a limited time and for a fee.

Obviously... I think that's a waste of money and since they go through so many men, I wouldn't want to catch an STD... but people actually do this.

[bailey11]

A girlfriend is different than a prostitute.
Maybe you should try to date other women besides models. And you don't know every model so you can't, in all honesty, make that statement.
Women are wising up and getting payed for their troubles (and good for them). For too long, women have been giving everything away for free.
A lot of guys have multiple partners "and since they go through so many" women, maybe women should stay away from guys, just in case the guys have an STD.

[Anonymous]

I don't think the poll really addressed the primary issue here. Technology 'shouldn't' replace relationships because it can't provide the emotional fulfillment a real relationship can, and no robot will ever be able to adequately raise healthy children.

The real question is... WILL technology replace relationships? As you mentioned, marriage and committed relationships are becoming more costly for men and offering much less reward for men than they used to. As a result, in many cases I believe men will opt to forgo traditional relationships and having children because it's simply no longer worth the price of admission.

Long story short, for better or worse, I think technology will replace a large portion of traditional relationships in the future.

[FreshRDPB21]

My question was about whether it should or shouldn't. There's a good chance it will but the poll is meant to get people's opinion on whether or not that's a good thing. It was meant to gauge how it will be received when and if it becomes a reality.

[Opinion Owner]

OK, fair enough. Then my answer is B.

[Gatman34]

That’s good hopefully it happens and it’s not all just talk. I feel like it’s just talk. The amount of desperate men I see still vastly outnumber the non desperate men just look at the majority of guys in here. Some guys in here literally said they would drive 6 hours just for sex. That’s peak desperation. I’m sorry but I think men will lose this game in the long run. Majority of guys are too desperate and pathetic nowadays. Us non desperate guys are in the minority

[FatherJack]

Could not agree more... no wonder so many women view men with contempt , and often , revulsion.

[courtney06]

I don’t think it should replace it but I like for there to be the option. People can be cruel, or people just do things that hurt people unintentionally or unintentionally and not everyone gets over trauma that quickly, so it helps to have the option to do things without other people.

[Cherokeehp]

I don’t know if it’ll ever happen, maybe it will or maybe it won’t. I don’t really care if it does. I think that kind stuff is for sad people who can’t get a date. I’m pretty sure people in happy relationships with happy sex lives wouldn’t want to completely give up on human relationships.

[D_Bone_Steak]

I think it'd be fine, as long as the option for a relationship with a person in allowed.

I do take notice though that those that hate the idea for no reason may be doing so out of fear that they would lose that option to some machine... like they rely on a lack of options for others to give themselves options.

[ImagineSketchy]

I call these types of relationships, romances.
I can't say I care one way or the other. I've always said that humans will be the death of themselves, and I stand by that. It will come to fruition within 5 generations. I just wish I could be around to see it.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

I think this idea should be reserved for people who want
a relationship with robots and want Children but no strings
attached to a real Human Being. I think someday this will
happen cause i believe both Women and Men are getting
tired of Relationships that fail after 2 years +

[LovingJo]

It might not necessarily replace relationships, but I definitely think it could be a positive aspect in Life - seeing as one in 2 people are now depressed/lonely (especially in the UK 😒) and it will give people the option of finding "someone" to have in their life, without being miserable & thinking they're not worth anything.
That option of a mutual robotic person is then there, at the drop of a hat.. as it were!

[jamzrokhrd]

I believe it's possiblefor technology to step in with AI robots that feel a d act like real humans, but have boundreis and protocol for maintaining thw relationships status. But there will still be flaws and glitches, or boring redundancies and complacency in those robot lovers.

[13IsALuckyNumber]

Yeah, the one thing that science will never get right is actually talking to a human, that robot will always be just that, a robot. Do you really want a relationship where your partner does everything you ask? No, you want to do things they want to. Robots will never replace the actuality of being with a human.

[LesterJester]

If my current relationship and family fails, I'll check it out. Kind of sick of the dating, cheating and drama crap.

Though I'm pretty sure the family and marriage should last, it'll be a back up plan.

[Hurlyburly]

I doubt that that would be possible. A robot can only replace a human in terms of sex but that's pretty much it. It cannot love you or even really have meaningful conversations with you. Would be a really really dull life in my opinion.

[MrMilti]

Relationships are not only for sex and procreation. Humans are social beings, we thirst for bonding with "someone" and no "something" can or should ever replace it

[regina1991]

I feel like tech will nt replace rltnps bt its like a distraction to rlptps. Most tyms u see couples sitting together bt everyone is on their fone. If we dd nt hv technology like fones people wld spend more quality time together. And people are cheating more cz its easy to hv another rlp wc is a fone call or a text away than bek then u hv to b with that person to hv anyth goin on

[Juxtapose]

After artificial intelligence gets intelligent enough, we will be like insects compared to their intellect and relationships with them will be more meaningful than relationships with humans could ever be.

[chriscdi]

if this happens it will most likely be when im dead so i like it like that i think i like humanity robot free so when i die, y'all can go ahead and fuck robots but i dont wanna see robot porn and shit 😂

[Anonymous]

I've sometimes wondered, if in the future, if they make artificial human beings that can give some people the closest feeling or experience to having a relationship with the other sex, and I feel obviously, there will be far more artificial women than artificial men because there are far more men that struggle to attract women than the other way around.

[bailey11]

In my experience, a man only has trouble attracting a woman if he isn't a good guy.
It's women who have trouble attracting a man, unless she's young and pretty and preferably, rich.

[MissDawn7961]

dating sites ( technology ) can help start a friendship / relationship but you have to have physical touch to make the relationship work ! Thanks

[lightbulb27]

The thought of having to recharge my wife is a bit much. But the idea of unplugging her at times is somewhat intreaging...

[bailey11]

Maybe she'd like to unplug you sometimes, too.

[lightbulb27]

@bailey11 no doubt about that!

[genericname85]

it's not a normative question. it's not gonna be a thing. it's gonna be a niche fetish at best like with those live size silicone dolls. it's not gonna be something everyone has/does.

[Anpu23]

I'm not sure if they should or not, but we are certainly seeing it. The question is are they just harmless sex toys or are we reprogramming ourselves into a new type of people?

[Jayne1982]

Hello can we be friends

[Anpu23]

@Jayne1982 ? I'm confused by the question. It's open to many interpretations. Of course we follow each other here, and I'm quite willing to help virtually everyone here.

[Anpu23]

Oh and, um speaking about bots...

[Jamie05rhs]

I have no problem with sex machines (for women, anyway), but I do kinda have a problem when they make them look like humans. Because they're not humans. Nothing can ever substitute for a real person with a soul.

[hafinjun]

I think its bound to happen look at the love dolls today , mix in a little animatronics, especially when you can make additions with smart phone apps. It won't start out to replace, but well find ourselves unable tp stop

[R_Cakes91]

The day this happens is the day I go into isolation to avoid watching humanity destroy itself.

[Eagle_93]

There's not a chance in you-know-where that AI could EVER replace my relationship with a woman.
The woman has soul, and intimacy, and feelings.
The AI has neither.

[Connor-RK800]

That moment when your username is the android built by Cyberlife Connor Model RK800 and you read this question. XD love it, although I might've been a bit biased in my vote lol

[Massageman]

No, technology will not replace human interaction and human relationships. If God wanted that He would created R2D2 instead of Eve for Adam.

BTW- Ice is water too, but it can't think.

[Shark_61695]

It shouldn't replace human relationships but probably will. I talk to Alexa more than the people I live with (and that's just to turn my bedroom light on and off).

[MannMitAntworten]

I am certain I still will prefer the craziness of a real woman along with all the risk that goes along with her including the surprise of hearing they missed their period.

[bailey11]

But a lot of women aren't willing to put up with the craziness of a man and all the risks that go along with him, anymore.

[MannMitAntworten]

Perfect. Then that small minority along with the small minority of men who feel the same, they shall be self eliminating. Problem solved.

[Thatsamazing]

"I know a lot of these sounds like sci-fi" Um... they ARE science fiction. And always will be, probably. They don't "sound like" science fiction-- they are science fiction.

[thenewgirlll]

I voted for yes cuz I want to try smth new, I really wonder how real these robots would be.

[HoratioCaine]

I think hurt men should resort to AI relationships. They slways take out their pain on the innocent

[neurolove]

It should replace some bad relationships. Leave creation of life to the pros.

[lenlenxyz]

Okay have you seen what technology is already doing with kids and other people nowadays? Like no, that's not going to happen

[VenusJo]

So many people on this GAG, virtual reality site talking negativity about virtual reality. Lol

[foxrider77]

I’d just use the machine to get off not have a relationship with. It would be like a f buddy.

[cavmanier]

A robot is never going to replace a woman's love for me.

[Jayne1982]

Hello can we be friends?

[Phoenix98]

Even if they are "obsolete" and I use that word lightly I'll do it the old fashioned way, because I'm an old fashion kind of guy.

[Liam_Hayden]

Technology might be able to replace certain elements of relationships, but what of the genuine affection? I can enjoy inanimate objects, but I cannot love them in a true sense.

[DWornock]

The technology is not very good at this time. However, within 40 years and perhaps within 20 years, it will be hard to distinguish love robots from real women.

[WhereAmI]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ew1Th-JazTA

😂😂😂

[VintageND]

Look up any psychological study using what we call cold mothers it isn't the same sex might be but relationships I doubt it

[Browneye57]

Naw. People still like to connect, to bond to another. It's a biological imperative. You can try and try, but you can't fool mother nature.

[DonCachondo]

I welcome it with open arms. Relying on others to meet your basic needs is a drag!

[ReplierM]

Robots can do a lot, but something they probably won't ever learn are feelings etc. There's no way robots or AI can replace anything like that.

[esotericstory]

Technology doesn't replace human function. Its can't and it never will. Not without giving up our humanity in the process at least.

[Anonymous]

It won’t be natural. But I’m finna clapp some robo-cheeks