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Would a modern day version of ‘The Stepford Wives’ not just be a story about men who create idealised versions of their perfect woman in the virtual world? It’d be like JOI from ‘Blade Runner: 2049’. It’s one thing to be replaced by a robot but to be replaced by a screen? That’s horrifying AND depressing.
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Would a modern day version of ‘The Stepford Wives’ not just be a story about men who create idealised versions of their perfect woman in the virtual world? It’d be like JOI from ‘Blade Runner: 2049’. It’s one thing to be replaced by a robot but to be replaced by a screen? That’s horrifying AND depressing.
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This is true.