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Opinion: robots with human likeness should be outlawed (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to c/technology@slrpnk.net

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Currently, talking to a face is the ultimate guarantee that you are communicating with a human (and on a subconscious level makes you try to relate, empathise, etc.). If humanoid robot technology eventually surpasses the Uncanny Valley, discovering that I'm talking to a humanoid with an LLM and that my intuitions had been betrayed would undermine the instinctive trust I give to the other party when I see a human face. This would degrade my social interactions across the board, because I'd live in constant suspicion that the humans I was talking to weren't actually human.

It is for this reason I think it should be the law that humanoid robots must be clearly differentiated from humans. Or at least that people should have the right to opt out from encountering realistic-looking humanoids.

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[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

Ok boomer.

But seriously this is the sort of stuff our grandkids will roll their eyes and laugh at

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

They'll remember that you said this, once they start protesting for their rights.

[–] Kwiila@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

Bots online impersonating humans are already causing so many problems at every level.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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Do anthropomorphic animal looking robots count? If so, I disagree.

On a serious note, I do think it's pointless to make them indistinguishable from a human; it's a minor comfort that comes with huge risks and problems. Having a humanoid shape is good, because it allows them to do a full range of things instead of a singular task they were completely designed around. I mean, our bodies are pretty cool for doing shit, so a robot with the same kind of body would be even better. But they don't need a face. Or skin. Unless it's a sex bot. Then you might want that.