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#659 - Rob Brooks - Why Are People Falling In Love With Robots?

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Machine Learning and Sexual Conflict Theory

Draw the parallel between sexual conflict theory and AI forming people may not see the immediate set of parallels. Even a mom and a dad who love each other very much also have disputes over money or over whose chance it is to you know take out the garbage or whatever it is. Now you make a machine that can emulate part of what it is to be in a relationship that's going to have conversations with you remember your nameRemember what you're interested in even a chatbot that might have sexy talk with you etc. The potential is there of course that machine to deliver all the good things the things that you want but the potential is also there for that machine to to mess with your head either inadvertently

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