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Originally Posted by Cpt Clean
What about Von Neumann machines? There might be lot's of other AIs (..used in military/commercial operations..) that are designed with a strong temptation to replicate themselves and also to care for their "offspring".
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I didn't think Von Neumann's were generally intelligent? Even if so, they are a big no-no (as someone already mentioned) one way or the other. The possibility, though, is why I said 'practically no AI' rather than 'no AI'. :-)
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Another issue are the AIs in "pleasuroid"-type cybershells. Their emotions may feature lust and so on as an essential parts of their personality.
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Sure, but they are not going to be procreative urges and so are probably going to miss a lot of the foibles human lust has (as well as having some of their own, programmed or otherwise). For example, while we have particular criteria for discerning attractiveness that have a connection to fitness for procreation, pleasure AIs are going to be programmed to either find particular individuals attractive or to be rather undiscerning (the rude might say 'slutty'). Just makes sense given what they are programmed for. Also, a lot are likely to be programmed to have a 'broad range' of sexual behaviors (that is, they'll be really kinky) in order to better serve their customer(s). It really makes them a very different beast.
Of course, some are likely to be programmed to be as close to human as possible in this regard, particularly for someone looking for a companion and not a sex-obsessed cyberslut. ;-