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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    3 months ago

    "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…”

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    3 months ago

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

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    3 months ago

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