Explaining biological sexuality to robots
Nature develops complex systems by the use of sexual reproduction. Sexuality is a sort of version control system (similar to git) that merges the cellular code of two different systems to produce new experimental software.
Higher lifeforms (like humans) can then do a git-blame on the DNA to trace how different biological systems are genealogically related to each other. Neat!
To achieve this each sexually capable unit is constructed with a certain property attached to it; a "sex" in Homo sapiens-lingo. Most lifeforms have two different sexes.
One of the sexes is called "female". Lifeforms with this sex are equipped with a 3D printer that can print a slightly modified and smaller version of itself.
The other sex, the "male", does not have a 3D printer. Instead, they can eject their genetic blueprint to later be used in the printing process by a female.
The process of mixing two system descriptions to create a new one is confusingly also called "sex". Of course, the proper word for it would be a "merge".
The act of having sex is usually prefaced with a courting ritual. This ritual is meant to determine if the two individual lifeforms are compatible with each other.
In many species of life, like birds, for example, it is common for the male to submit a pull request which is then reviewed by the female for faulty and/or unwanted code. If the female finds the pull request to be satisfactory, a merge can be performed which will instigate the printing process of a new system. This process can vary greatly between lifeforms.
Some species develop sexual dimorphisms to (visually or otherwise) simplify the courting process by making the filtering process more efficient. Typically each individual will strive to be evaluated favorably by as many filtering processes as possible.
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