If human behaviour was perfectly replicated then the robots would probably refuse to have sex with them.
Buffalo_Soulja
It wouldn't have to be perfectly replicated. But it would have to be replicated to the point of being convincing. That's primarily a function of interaction - and so the sense that the robot is real or fake would be primarily dependent on how realistically it can respond to conversation. Of course, the robot would probably be tailored to the owner, or would adapt to the owner, and that would be the real benefit. It would eliminate incompatibility. Though most people claim it's a good thing to have incompatibility in a relationship, and that fighting is natural and good, the reality is that incompatibility destroys more relationships than it saves, and that fighting is not healthy or good.
And that, I believe, is what the greatest allure of a robot partner would be. Conflict would not occur, and the owner of the robot would continue to enjoy the freedom that a single person would enjoy, but have access to a relationship when desired. It's a selfish form of relationship, but there is no victim (unless these robots are truly sentient), and when you get right down to it, a person is most fulfilled in a relationship when it is always serving his or her purposes, whatever they may be. We are selfish beings.
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