monk222 | "Do Robots Need a Gender?"

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I would think that we were jumping the gun to start talking about how gender-conscious we should be in developing our robots, but people are thinking about it:

Participants were more likely to view the short-haired robot in masculine terms, and suggest it was more suitable for such take-action tasks as "repairing technical devices" and "guarding a house." Conversely, the long-haired robot was perceived as more appropriate for such stereotypically feminine tasks such as household chores and caring for children and the elderly.

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The authors discuss whether it is better to create gender free robots to fight social stereotypes or whether we should create robots that comply with society’s prejudices to make them more acceptable.

I suspect many of us are waiting for the full sex-ready robot. If that era does come, I am afraid that it will be after my time, and that I just have to be thankful that at least I was around for the Internet and e-readers.

(Source: Sully's Dish)

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it is a pity that You didn't understand Russian. This is the program of the Russian television said about the world of the future, the world of robots))

That's what's great about having Russian friends: they know Russian and can translate. What was the most interesting point in a sentence or two?

Humanity does not need sex now and people will be the need in sex less the future.)) new technologies and computer programs were replaced by sex, Scientists can do children in laboratories. )))

I want to say - sex will be replace by new technologindse and computer programs )))

Humanity does not need sex now and people will be the need in sex less the future

I take it they mean sex with a real partner, and that we will take care of our sexual needs with robots instead, right? Because I cannot imagine us not needing sex ever.