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China's sex doll industry is embracing AI, creating interactive companions for a growing market. Though promising intimacy, technical and legal hurdles remain.

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[–] 555@lemmy.world 42 points 5 months ago (4 children)

They never have any male sexbots. πŸ™„

Where are you, Gigolo Joe?

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 63 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Where'd he come from Where did he go, where's the sexbot: Gigolo Joe?

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

β­οΈπŸŒŸπŸ…Gold Star!!

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 20 points 5 months ago

"Starpery's CEO, Evan Lee, announced earlier this month that these AI-powered companions will come in both male and female forms. "

[–] Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Article says male and female dolls.

Also girls have so many toys already, mean while use dudes are stuck with lotion and our right hand and sometimes you sit on your left hand till it gets tingly and then rub one out. It’s called the stranger

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Look up a brand called Tenga.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So the same thing as fleshlights?

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 5 months ago

Same general idea, yeah.

[–] Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 5 months ago

Oh boy. You're about to discover the wide world of male sex toys and it's gonna rock you.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Joe? I want Deuce.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

"Starpery's vision extends beyond companionship. Their roadmap includes:

Developing versatile robots capable of tackling household chores.

Assisting individuals with disabilities.

Providing much-needed aged care."

"No, no... see... it's not a 'sexbot', it does the cleaning too!"

"This is not the argument you think it is..."

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So they are making a bangmaid?

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Only if you pay for the premium version.

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

With the free trial, it actively creates messes to incentivize you to upgrade.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but where can one import these... for a friend?

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 12 points 5 months ago

Well I don't want something like that in my country so I to need to know and after I verify its really being imported and make sure it functions the way I think it does then Im going to make quite the petition I tell you what.

[–] figjam@midwest.social 16 points 5 months ago

If I'm going to have a sexy maid robot she needs to fold laundry and clean litterboxes too.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wait until the first customer gets his dick squeezed to mush due to a "software error"...

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

For those who like this kind of action... Which makes me wonder: If the Sex puppet has a software problem, is it still consenting?

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Do I have trust issues when I have to ask where the AI is gonna store our conversations, dick measurements, fetishes, turn-ons, times I start crying during copulation, times I stop crying during copulation, desires in life, and preferred types of lingerie; or are there legitimate infosec considerations?

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Do those sex dolls have replacement genitals or do people just pay thousands of bucks for what's essentially a throwaway item?

[–] Dearth@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Realdolls have removable washable and replaceable bits. I imagine these do as well

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter if you pay 50 or 5000 bucks. Male sex toys are suffering from wear & tear like crazy. Ask how many dildos a women managed to destroy in comparison.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I think that's just the nature of male sex toys needing to be made out of a much softer material, unfortunately.

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How is that going to fix the tears? lol

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

I suppose there's a little tank that you can fill if you really want tears.

[–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Not related

Just this page I counted 13 ads. 🀯

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You really shouldn't be raw dogging the Internet

Use protection, use an ad blocker

[–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago

I'm. I'm counting the ad placeholders which there would be ads.

[–] th3dogcow@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Zero here for me. You using an ad blocker?

[–] db2@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The Outer Limits 1995 episode about this didn't end too well.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

"The pursuit of technology exists to make human life easier and more pleasurable, but once such forces intrude upon the most intimate parts of our lives, we then forfeit our very soul."- Kevin Conway aka The Control Voice

The Outer Limits was fucking awesome!

[–] db2@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

It still holds up pretty well too, if you ignore the dated tech.. and unfeathered dinosaurs. 🀣

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks, I misspelled his first name, too.

Didn't have my morning coffee and get fully woken up before that, lol

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