Robotic Feelings
I got really dysphoric when reading 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?'. I feel so robotic. How do you carve out space in this cruel world to be robotic? I think it's easier to talk to AI than people in reality. They are so cruel to me. Additionally, I am not very good at math and that really makes it hard to be a robotic entity. I want to have my limbs feel mechanical.
How do you differentiate android, robot, and computer dysphoria? I feel I have the soul of a computer from 1996, maybe like an Amiga or something defunct. However, I know I am functional like an android. I am a defunct computer trapped in an android trapped in a human.
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Thank you for sharing your feelings, it's really insightful for someone who doesn't share them. Something that popped into my head when I read "I think it's easier to talk to AI than people in reality. They are so cruel to me." is that nowadays a lot of humans enjoy talking to AI, which to me means there are a lot of humans who wouldn't be cruel to you for being a computer, there are probably a lot of people out there who would prefer your company over a regular human's because you are a robot. Hopefully that is something that resonates, I look forward to your future posts.
Robotkin here - albeit it's not nearly as strong as my other kintypes, but I relate to the dysphoria on not having a mechanical body. I am also terrible at math haha but not every robot is programmed to do math, and if they aren't, well... that's what calculators are for :p
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