Ask first: What was the first [synthetic/fembot/whateverterm] from stories, tv or film to fascinate you?darkbutflashy wrote:Lies, and damn lies."Age"
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]I think this is probably the closest, for me anyway. That was all it ever was to begin with. I'm not disgusted or turned off by the idea of a relationship with an AI, I imagine that at some point it would even be a viable, real alternative. Maybe not in this generation of members lifetimes, at least not in a way where it's anything more than having a relationship with a realdoll. That may be enough for some people and who am I to say that that isn't a "real" relationship. But I think you get my meaning.FractalHeretic wrote: Or perhaps fantasy alone is enough to satisfy?
I like tools and technology. I'm a geek / nerd when it comes to gadgets, and scifi is my favorite genre. And a robot is a tool, one that offers all sorts of fascinating possibilities. Both practically speaking, and in storytelling.- What is it about robots that appeals to you?
Business and house chores as mentioned above. Maybe a personal trainer / physical fitness as well as other forms of education, say foreign language. Seems like a fitting tool for any form of education that benefits from person-to-person interaction. Could have basic medical programming and abilities to take strain off of the healthcare industry (incorporating, say, the results from the X-prize tricorder research).- Other than fetishism, are there any other reasons you're interested in sexbots?
Like the points raised above - make sure the data you ask for actually provides you with insight. Only ask for age, income, sexuality, etc. if it's meaningful to your goals. And either add every option under the sun for gender / sexuality, or leave it a blank comment box... People are way more complex than the labels we all bandy about.- What sort of questions would you like to see on such a survey?
It's funny, I've done a few surveys before and learned that people get annoyed if you don't ask for gender. They always want to be able to look at the results and see how men and women differ.I don't think that's useful. Both gender identification and sexual orientation are a continuum, not distinct values. And because they are built on hormone levels and social learning, they can change rapidly within a person. If you are good at this: within seconds."Gender"(male/female/other)
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I think it's a perfectly legit question that does satisfy people's curiosity. DBF's statement does carry some weight but if that is an issue for someone taking the poll they could answer with however they are identifying at that moment. If they indentified differently at some other point, go back and take the poll again. Maybe just leave it so they can fill it in rather than check a box.FractalHeretic wrote:It's funny, I've done a few surveys before and learned that people get annoyed if you don't ask for gender. They always want to be able to look at the results and see how men and women differ.I don't think that's useful. Both gender identification and sexual orientation are a continuum, not distinct values. And because they are built on hormone levels and social learning, they can change rapidly within a person. If you are good at this: within seconds."Gender"(male/female/other)
"sexual orientation"(gay/straight/other)
Then you did one of these "tests", not a survey which should give *you* insight. You cannot allow feedback as long the survey is running to avoid a bias. That's especially bad for anonymous surveys in which anyone could apply as often as she/he wants until the desired result is shown. Don't do that.FractalHeretic wrote:It's funny, I've done a few surveys before and learned that people get annoyed if you don't ask for gender. They always want to be able to look at the results and see how men and women differ.
I think the very definition of a fetish is that it isn't a consciously conceived plan but is simply there. Fembots are hot, irrationally so, it's there. There are particular contexts behind a given person but that's not really the point.- What is it about robots that appeals to you?
I believe, for many of us, there in an anomaly in the insular cortex (Wikipedia)- What is it about robots that appeals to you?
I think some have an anomaly in that area which determines how they perceive their own body; others like me have that anomaly where my brain describes the kind of female body I wish for my sexual partner to have.Wikipedia wrote:[The insular cortex] has been identified as playing a role in the experience of bodily self-awareness, sense of agency, and sense body ownership.
: [ ] = [ ... ... ] Ditto. My first memorable moment of arousal was at the depiction of a fembot reveal in a show around 12 years old. The uncanny valley is a very interesting place indeed.Robotman wrote:I was thinking a bit more about this, and I think I can add (for me anyway) that it has to do with what's become known as the "uncanny valley" reaction most people have to robots... that feeling of unease or creepiness that is the reaction when people are presented with an android.- What is it about robots that appeals to you?
For whatever reason, that feeling in me became sexualized, so now I find the thought of an almost perfect female humanoid replica to be sexier than anything else - especially when there is some sort of "revelation' involved, when the female android shows or tells what she is.
This last part explains why I like open panel scenes so much, and in particular, faceoffs.
A face full of transistors does not look almost like a natural woman. The disturbed observers are annoyed at not being able to cleanly put the [uncanny valley case] into the human OR the machine category, but not both. I like the unintended seductive tease of escalating software glitches, but with a face-off we are talking about frank proof of the fembot.Wikipedia wrote:The uncanny valley is a hypothesis in the field of aesthetics which holds that when features look and move almost, but not exactly, like natural beings, it causes a response of revulsion among some observers.
: [ ] = [ ... ... ] : [ ] = [ ... ... ] I don't know, I feel like he or she was asking some good questions with the intention of genuinely wanting to learn about the community. Seemed like pretty innocuous stuff to be considered a troll. It can't be easy to cover all the bases on a subject as diverse as this one, especially when it's not their "thing".darkbutflashy wrote:I think the OP is away. Had his fun. Bah, they always come so early.
Wish we had a decent troll once in a while.
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1)Well for me its the fact that well.......for some reason i've liked robots (in some form) since i was a kid.FractalHeretic wrote:I'm new here, and was surprised to find there's a whole community of people with a robot fetish. David Levy, in his book, predicted that the first customers of sexbots would be desperate lonely nerds, but maybe he didn't know about you guys?
I started being interested in sexbots and AI about a year ago when I saw the movie "Her." I've never had a fetish for robots, but am interested in them for other reasons. As I'm starting a website and getting more involved in related circles, I'd like to know more about this community.
- What is it about robots that appeals to you?
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