Source: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Soulmate

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Someday the machine will give you everything you want, and the pretenses will be dropped so rapidly it'll be heartbreaking.

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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I predict that once robotics and AI advanced beyond some particular threshold, human-on-human relationships will be seen as strange and needlessly fetishistic. Who would want some grimey partner with their own needs when you can generate an infinitely moldable soulmate?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Have you ever used cheat codes in games?

    Sometimes dealing with imperfections and adversity is vastly more enjoyable than getting everything you think you want.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I already know people who would marry their cell phone if it had a wet hole.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There are many people (mostly in Japan where that's legal) who literally have.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's like cheat codes in games. That sounds fantastic, but people were very quickly get bored of it.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You would think so, wouldn't you? But how is it any different than fast food, porn, or trash tv?

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    you don't make your own fastfood, porn or trash tv. so it's like, completely different. being able to mold your partner doesn't assume a quick process and shallow results.

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