Sorry; I guess I wasn't very clear with the first paragraph.
I didn't mean, "Why would robots want cross-species sex, specifically?" I meant, "Why would robots feel any desire for sex at all?"
Isn't sexual desire a really complex set of inclinations and situational modifiers? It seems like it would be really hard to code even the basics. (In comparison with, say, something like social interaction, which is really tricky, but at least allows programmers to see how code works and improve upon it.)
I think that for sentient robots, programming would be like biology in humans: something that produces a strong inclination, and some limits, but is not an absolute. Humans often do something other than what biology would imply. Nature and nurture both influence persons.
... I think that depends on the programming? I mean, a programmer could create a basis and then let a AI learn from experience, like a child, or they could aggressively code in all the skills and predilections they wanted. Generally, tending to the former seems easier, but it would depend on why the AI is being created.
That's what many societies try to do for women. And that's not an accident -- it's a means of control -- which makes it likely for slave robots as well.
Point definitely taken on the women.
I didn't mean seeking out sex in this sentence, "It also seems really creepy to me to make people want sex without them being the ones to seek it out." I meant, seeking out wanting sex. Changing people from probably-not-repulsed asexuals with no libido to ... well, something else, without the person being changed actively wanting to experience those feelings.
It would be different if there was a range of possible orientations and the AI's creators either picked one for good reasons or just let chance decide. But changing an AI from having what seems an obvious default to another orientation, while it is too immature to have much in the way of informed consent, seems wrong to me.
But I'm not sure if I'm biased, because "asexual with no libido" works pretty well as a description of me and I am really happy with that aspect of myself, so the default seems more preferable and natural to me.
Your take on non-robot AI sex was really interesting. I was only thinking about minor aspects of that, like etiquette for guests in sentient houses.
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Re: Thoughts
Date: 2013-08-13 08:20 am (UTC)I didn't mean, "Why would robots want cross-species sex, specifically?" I meant, "Why would robots feel any desire for sex at all?"
Isn't sexual desire a really complex set of inclinations and situational modifiers? It seems like it would be really hard to code even the basics. (In comparison with, say, something like social interaction, which is really tricky, but at least allows programmers to see how code works and improve upon it.)
... I think that depends on the programming? I mean, a programmer could create a basis and then let a AI learn from experience, like a child, or they could aggressively code in all the skills and predilections they wanted. Generally, tending to the former seems easier, but it would depend on why the AI is being created.
Point definitely taken on the women.
I didn't mean seeking out sex in this sentence, I meant, seeking out wanting sex. Changing people from probably-not-repulsed asexuals with no libido to ... well, something else, without the person being changed actively wanting to experience those feelings.
It would be different if there was a range of possible orientations and the AI's creators either picked one for good reasons or just let chance decide. But changing an AI from having what seems an obvious default to another orientation, while it is too immature to have much in the way of informed consent, seems wrong to me.
But I'm not sure if I'm biased, because "asexual with no libido" works pretty well as a description of me and I am really happy with that aspect of myself, so the default seems more preferable and natural to me.
Your take on non-robot AI sex was really interesting. I was only thinking about minor aspects of that, like etiquette for guests in sentient houses.