Will human beings indulge in love with artificial intelligence robots in the future?

"I have something to tell you... I cheated on a robot." Do you think this is a plot in a novel? The scene, vaguely reminiscent of the intimacy between Joaquin Phoenix and the AI ​​cyborg in the Spike Jones-directed film Her, could become a reality. Coincidentally, when the LP phenomenon caused by Japanese otaku's love for the game "Love Follows" and the love between Lars and the inflatable doll in "The Love of Inflatable Dolls", the companion robot is like a spring breeze, attracting our hearts. Notice.

 

Stills of "Her"

 

Companion robots fulfill many fantasies

 

If we become lovers of companion robots, and they can talk like they do in Westworld, will we still see them as mere objects? First, the theologian and ethics expert Véronique Maglon had to define the concept: "We do not love to be loyal, we are loyal because that loyalty serves our love." They are not just a doll.

 

The author of "Loyalty and Betrayal" insists: "Infidelity will be betrayal of a word.". Masochistic fantasies, and companion robots have little to do with any of this. “Fantasy is usually involuntary, it allows people to escape,” she said. Physical dolls, intelligent or not, are just a tool for a purpose, nothing more.

 

Stills from "Western World"

 

Lawrence, a professor and researcher at the Computer Science Laboratory of Mechanics and Engineering Sciences in France, and author of Robots and Man: Myth, Fantasy and Reality, seems to agree. "To fall in love with a robot is to fall in love with an object. It fulfills a unilateral need of a human being who strives to form a relationship with another. In this relationship, what is interesting is the emotional perception of reciprocity, attached enjoyment and frustration.

 

dependencies

 

Love is more human if it arises in a relationship with the opposite sex. Falling in love with a robot is like the shortest relationship ever. Because a robot will always be a machine. It's like fetishism, a strong attachment to one thing, it didn't start today, for example, some people have a soft spot for high heels.

 

The human-like appearance of these robots will create empathy, like Boston Dynamics' Atlas, a humanoid robot launched in 2016 that can walk in the snow and recover from a fall. Stand up independently and adapt to various new environments.

 

Robot: Atlas

 

"Someone knocked the robot over and it acted like it was in pain, but it wasn't. The fact that the object was moving created more empathy," recalls Lawrence. The more human-like they were, the more this happened. More often, but they have no interiority, at best they simulate pain.

 

mistrust of humanity

 

What if you fell in love with a companion robot? Don't forget, many Japanese otaku claim to like computer characters or physical dolls. "Robots are stand-ins that respond to what we want. It's not just love, it's addiction," Lawrence said. But sometimes addiction can be a form of deception. When you choose to leave the people around you and decide to live with them, it is a form of infidelity. For many people, falling in love with a robot is a sign of poverty.

 

"Sex and Love with a Robot"

 

Today, technology is not advanced enough to replicate the complexity of human discussions. It's a long way off, but by 2050, everything will change. David Levy, author of Sex and Love with Robots, predicts that artificial intelligence will enable people to fulfill their fantasies. We will no longer distinguish between intelligent robots and human minds, or even physically.

 

Sleeping with, interacting with, and developing loving feelings for a machine like us starts to give off an eerie vibe, right? "This is a betrayal of humanity." Someone said. But right now, all of this is just science fiction.






--Reprinted from the public account: Entity doll combat experience