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most popular bots would be mathbots Why not. If they evolved under the sea, lived like intelligent coral, they might just release sex cells into the water once a year in an involuntary bodily action.
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Let us suppose -- and I realize that this is not your position, Interzone -- that the frequently occurring alien abduction story is literally true; I mean the story in which someone is abducted and sex cells are removed from them.
There is a hypothesis which might explain this. Suppose these aliens have DNA similar to ours, but for some reason either it is degenerate, or there are too few of them. They might have brought either condition on themselves -- we can understand only too well how people might poison or otherwise debilitate themselves through irresponsible use of their own scientific knowledge, or how they might reduce their numbers in the same way. Or, they might be a group of exiles or renegades. So theey would combine human DNA with their own.
There is a certain similarity to the story of the rape of the Sabines. According to this story, the very early Romans were a bunch of exiles and renegades, mostly male, and decided they wanted some women. So they killed off the males of the Sabine tribe and dragged off the females. No, the Romans were not exactly jolly good fellows; so why should we expect the aliens to be?
Why wouldn't aliens just ask<0> for DNA? Well, what a mess that would have made! We would immediately have started negotiating in an attempt to get their Science, and our whole culture would have been turned upside down. It may well be that by choosing abductions, and (as it seems) attempting to suppress the memories of the victims, they are actually choosing the lesser of two evils.
There is a hypothesis which might explain this. Suppose these aliens have DNA similar to ours, but for some reason either it is degenerate, or there are too few of them. They might have brought either condition on themselves -- we can understand only too well how people might poison or otherwise debilitate themselves through irresponsible use of their own scientific knowledge, or how they might reduce their numbers in the same way. Or, they might be a group of exiles or renegades. So theey would combine human DNA with their own.
There is a certain similarity to the story of the rape of the Sabines. According to this story, the very early Romans were a bunch of exiles and renegades, mostly male, and decided they wanted some women. So they killed off the males of the Sabine tribe and dragged off the females. No, the Romans were not exactly jolly good fellows; so why should we expect the aliens to be?
Why wouldn't aliens just ask<0> for DNA? Well, what a mess that would have made! We would immediately have started negotiating in an attempt to get their Science, and our whole culture would have been turned upside down. It may well be that by choosing abductions, and (as it seems) attempting to suppress the memories of the victims, they are actually choosing the lesser of two evils.
prob123 wrote:
Suppose a sentient life form that doesn't look at the stars, one that is just devoted to communication or the contemplation of math.
So on their planet the most popular bots would be mathbots, not sexbots?
Maybe if I write a mathbot, aliens will come?
Maybe if I write a mathbot, aliens will come?
Theory bots and tutor bots seem weak now Irina, just like character bots. 
As for why sex bots, I guess they are easy the way the baby bot and my cat bot are easy. You don't really have to say that much. Still, I don't understand why some chatters don't just go look at porn for real (not that I approve of sex without feeling or the degrading bits that often are a part of porn, but compared to writing sexual comments at a talking toaster, porn seems healthy).
Just my opinion. Don't be offended sex-chatters. I'll let you make fun of vampires and not take it personally.
As for why sex bots, I guess they are easy the way the baby bot and my cat bot are easy. You don't really have to say that much. Still, I don't understand why some chatters don't just go look at porn for real (not that I approve of sex without feeling or the degrading bits that often are a part of porn, but compared to writing sexual comments at a talking toaster, porn seems healthy).
Just my opinion. Don't be offended sex-chatters. I'll let you make fun of vampires and not take it personally.
Does life always arise by Darwinian evolution? If so they might well all be competitive, like [sigh] us!
The "competition" can be passive (like me) and only in play when resources are limited compared to the number of life forms. It all depends on the environment. Besides, lab made life can "compete" or no it doesn't mean the experimenter has lost control.
Did you guys read about "Clothing with a Brain"? They are devloping "smart" biomonitoring fabric that can diagnose diseases and take vitals? If clothes can send information to your doctor, it can send the data to your personal companion bot (TM-;P). You Better than Human can then bring you soup when you are sick, and know when you are tired and when you have energy. I suppose it could react to you body then and not just what you say. Sort of like a mind reader-- or the perfect spouse. They say the clothes make a man. If only we could get the personalities working a bit better.
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