On Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 8:04 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is good but wait, if it's smart enough, can't it unite the people > that live alone in a smart home? No matter what AI makes, I'll always > prefer a real girl over a humanoid version. FDVR and other advanced > humanoids are cool too, but I prefer the real. > Most people would prefer romantic relationships with real humans, but sexbots are always available, never argue, and never refuse sex. Dating apps have mostly replaced traditional ways of meeting people but have become dysfunctional. Women are overwhelmed with requests and reject 95% of them. Men who don't rate in the top 10% of attractiveness will probably never get a date except with scam bots and fake accounts. Young people are simply giving up on dating. The fraction of US high school seniors that have ever had sex has dropped from 50% to 30% since the 1990s. In a recent survey by Aella, 30% of girls and 11% of boys by birth identity as trans or non binary at age 14. This fraction drops for older teens, so either they are going through a phase, or more likely, it indicates an upward trend. The problem is especially bad in the countries with the lowest fertility rates. In Japan it is called "lying flat" where teens and young adults refuse to leave their room. There is a "4B" movement by women in South Korea: no dating, no marriage, no sex, and no children. Every developed country in the world now has a fertility rate below 2 children per woman. China is now losing population, surpassed by India, now with one child per woman and falling, several years after dropping their one child policy. The fastest growing region is central Africa, but even there the fertility rate has dropped from 6 to 4 since the 1980s as the literacy rate for young women has climbed above 50%. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T7f5ee99aff67162a-M9ebffb0fd0998babb3605bef Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
