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[–] cstross@wandering.shop 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@HedyL Generally people who want a mechanical horse don't fantasize about fucking it … the main techbro use case for humanoid robots is "sexbot", so they don't have to learn all the emotional skills you need in order to have a relationship with an actual human being.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

the interesting thing is i looked and that isn't actually a big enough market to sustain itself

[–] cstross@wandering.shop 4 points 5 hours ago

@dgerard Not to worry; the promotion of incel bullshit via social media algorithms will generate increasing demand for sexbots by and by …