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http://phys.org/news/2015-11-ethics-robot.html
"There was to have been a conference in Malaysia last week called Love and Sex with Robots but it was cancelled. Malaysian police branded it "illegal" and "ridiculous". "There is nothing scientific about sex with robots," said a police chief.
Putting aside the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robophobic tropes of movies such as Oblivion, Robocop and Transcendence, is there a moral issue when it comes to intimacy with a robot?
Some believe there is. There is a Campaign to Stop Sex Robots, which has called for sex with robots to be banned. The organisation's argument is that sex robots would reinforce gender inequality. It links to similar arguments made against pornography and prostitution."
more at link
Is there a moral or ethical issue using an electric vibrator?
Traditionally, robots are defined as machines made to do the work of a man. Sounds rather like vibrators and dildos. Just because the machine looks like a living being doesn't mean it is one. Are those molds of porn star genitalia 'robots' entitled to ethical protection?
This is a silly concern.
"There was to have been a conference in Malaysia last week called Love and Sex with Robots but it was cancelled. Malaysian police branded it "illegal" and "ridiculous". "There is nothing scientific about sex with robots," said a police chief.
Putting aside the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robophobic tropes of movies such as Oblivion, Robocop and Transcendence, is there a moral issue when it comes to intimacy with a robot?
Some believe there is. There is a Campaign to Stop Sex Robots, which has called for sex with robots to be banned. The organisation's argument is that sex robots would reinforce gender inequality. It links to similar arguments made against pornography and prostitution."
more at link
Is there a moral or ethical issue using an electric vibrator?
Traditionally, robots are defined as machines made to do the work of a man. Sounds rather like vibrators and dildos. Just because the machine looks like a living being doesn't mean it is one. Are those molds of porn star genitalia 'robots' entitled to ethical protection? This is a silly concern.
