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Is this because I'm old and/or not conditioned to these things? Maybe in part. But I think there is more to it.
"Hey you kids, get off my lawn!" -
random Babylonian dude named Belshazzar, 482 BC
This has been going on since the dawn of time.
Also, you're equating the sex robot to the blow-up dolls you and your buddies found in the alley when you were kids. The sex robot of the future will talk to you about all your favorite anime in a manner indistinguishable from a real human being, and it'll drain itself into the toilet when you're finished like a real woman does now.
You want someone to please because actual human interaction is your personal baseline for experiencing the world. That's not a guarantee for future humans. All it's going to take is COVID 2.0 and some moderate advancements to AI-assisted learning for people to freak out and forbid entire generations of children from ever leaving the house. I'm pretty sure the 90s was the last decade where kids actually played outside, unsupervised, with their friends from the neighborhood. By the 2000s we were on to cell phones and AOL instant messenger. All down hill from there as far as human interaction goes.
I was trying to hold out on giving my kids their own cell phones until after high school. My youngest son made it to his senior year, but I gave in and bought my daughter one right away as a freshman. It was abundantly clear by 8th grade that she would've just been a social pariah, and I'm a pragmatist.
I've heard that the dating scene is a complete and utter shitshow nowadays, which only further increases the likelihood that sex robot tech gets the investment it needs to prosper.
I'm guessing I'll have grandchildren by 2030. I'm sure I'll be back here lamenting the fact that it's impossible to find any infant toys that don't have a screen and AI-powered content that requires a subscription.
Whatever path we're on as a society is not going to end well. But then again, that's probably what Belshazzar thought as well.