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[–] Kyatto@leminal.space 56 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh good, everyone just hates sex. Glad we're finally doing something about it.

[–] wesker 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sex took everything from me.

[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For most people its half of everything.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sounds like one use-case of for same-sex couples to have biological children together. Which is pretty neat IMHO!

Not to say that the more macabre use cases don't exist, of course.

[–] Kyatto@leminal.space 3 points 1 week ago

oh yeah that's super exciting, I was just making a silly joke

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Great. Now the billionaire class can just make their lil workers en masse without any need for the plebs. What a fucking timeline.

[–] Lugh@futurology.today 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

We still need humans for nine months to carry them to term, but I won't be surprised if there are people looking into a technological "solution" to that.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

didnt they carry a lamb to term in an artificial womb already?

You ever see the movie 'Bone Tomahawk'? Anyone who's seen it will know exactly where your comment made my mind go. Go watch it at least for this context.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And raise the lil bastards.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

The lil bastards yearn for the mines

[–] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Either a technological solution or paying people to carry the baby and then the company takes custody after that. Either way very dystopian.

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It is exactly this. Leave it to Musk, Bezos, and Zuck to read these dystopian novels and think, "Wow, what a beautiful future. Let's build that!"

They won't need AI to replace everybody, just test tube babies cultivated for one specific task: compliance.

Edit: Autocomplete was incorrect.

[–] Breve@pawb.social 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Great, now science just needs to solve the problem of nobody being able to afford raising a child...

[–] boreengreen@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

My guess is science has solved that one already. There just is no political will to do that.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Don't worry, I'm sure we will get the technology for AI raised billionaire clones at scale soon enough

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sex has been unnecessary for conception since Dolly the sheep was cloned over twenty years ago.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I take this back. Sex has been unnecessary for conception since the the invention of IVF

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago

It already is and has been for a long time? Usually very expensive and not nearly as much fun though.

[–] Shriukan@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

So how far are we from using the Three Seashells and will we be able to afford the Cursing fines to wipe our asses?

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Let the sex wars begin.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago

...could pave the way for same-sex couples to have biological children together.

As usual, it sounds like the technology could be used for genuinely good things.

It could be used for horrible things too, yes, but that's often how it goes.

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

What are you gonna do next, get rid of pizza?

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Oh, conservatives are just gonna boil at this, I can't wait.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Science nerds "If I can't get laid NO ONE CAN GET LAID!"

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

As God intended.

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Yayyy I can finally take over the world using my very own clone army uwu

[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it -3 points 1 week ago

The final step for the patriarchy to get rid of women's primordial powers. But they will fail