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Robotics Researcher Starts Campaign To Ban Development of Sexbots

Posted by Soulskill on from the when-technology-gets-weird dept.

Earthquake Retrofit writes: A robotics ethicist from the UK's De Montfort University has started a campaign to ban the development and use of sex robots. "She believes that they reinforce traditional stereotypes of women and the view that a relationship need be nothing more than physical." The campaign was spurred by news that some companies claim to be fairly far along in development of such technology. One company even plans to start selling them later this year. The campaign's goals and concerns include "We propose that the development of sex robots will further reduce human empathy that can only be developed by an experience of mutual relationship," and, "We challenge the view that the development of adults and child sex robots will have a positive benefit to society, but instead further reinforce power relations of inequality and violence."

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  1. Consider the source by Crashmarik · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looking at the woman

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    It's no surprise she fears competition from robots.

    1. Re:Consider the source by Blue+Stone · · Score: 5, Funny

      I agree.

      I much prefer the Youtube commenter who suggested she was trying to protect the interests of the "pussy cartel".

      --
      Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. - Ambrose Bierce
  2. Re:I offer conditional support by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Exactly! Dildos perpetuate stereotypes of male sexual organ size.