The The Dark Side Of Sex Robots

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https://a.msn.com/r/2/AAphb6l?m=en-nz

sex robotsSex robots could soon be used to keep the elderly company in care homes and help couples enjoy long distances sexual relationships, the Foundation for Responsible Robotics (FRR) has said.
There are currently four manufacturers making life-like robotic dolls worldwide, but experts predict that in coming decades they could become widespread, used not just as a fetish, but for sexual therapy and as companions for lonely, disabled or older people.
Noel Sharkey, Emeritus Professor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Sheffield, and co-founder of the FRR, said it was time for the government and the public to decide whether to regulate pleasure-bots.
“I can tell you that robots are certainly coming,” he said at the launch of the new consultation report in central London.
“The concern is that this is going on nobody is talking about it. People snigger about them, but they are actually shipping quite a lot and we are going to see them a lot more.
“They are being proposed for the elderly in care homes, which I think is controversial. If you have severe Alzheimer’s you can’t really tell the difference.
“We need to think about as a society what we want to do about it.”
The report found that up to two thirds of men and about 30 per cent of women were in favour of using sex robots, which currently cost between £4,000 and £12,000 and can be customised by sex, height, hair colour, eye colour and even personality.
Companies are also starting to incorporate artificial intelligence so robots can communicate and respond to human emotions.
Doll brothels already operate in South Korea, Japan and Spain, while the first robotic oral sex coffee shop opened in Paddington, west London, last year.
The report said that as robotics, telecommunications and virtual reality merged, sex dolls could be created which was silicon replica of a long-distance partner, so that couples could have virtual sex and even speak to each other through the doll’s mouth.
But the authors warned that the march of sex robots raised serious moral and ethical questions which needed to be addressed. They warned that users could become socially isolated or even addicted to the machines which could never replace real human contact.
“It’s very sad because it’s going to be a one way relationship,” said Prof Sharkey.
“If people bond with robots it’s very worrying. You are loving an artefact that can’t love you back, and the best they can do is fake it.”
The report also warned of a ‘darker’ side to the industry in which companies were programming ‘shy’ or ‘reluctant’ personalities into their dolls so that users could feel they were forcing the robots to have sex. TrueCompanion’s robot Roxxxy Gold, for example, can be set to ‘Frigid Farah.’
Japanese sex doll manufacturer Trottla has also started selling underage schoolgirl dolls for paedophiles. The company was created by a self-confessed paedophile Shin Takagi who claims he has never harmed a child because he uses the doll.
Although some experts claim such robots could prevent the rape of women, or the abuse of children, the report warns that it could exacerbate the problem.
Philosophy Professor and robot ethicist Patrick Lin of California Polytechnic said: “Treating paedophiles with robot sex-children is both a dubious and repulsive idea.
“Imagine treating racism by letting a bigot abuse a brown robot. Would that work? Probably not. The ethics of sex robots goes beyond whether anyone is physically harmed.”
The authors said it may be necessary to criminalise ‘robotic rape’ and to build in ‘handled roughly’ sensors like those used in pinball machines to prevent users developing violent sexual tendencies. And they called for a complete ban on child sex dolls.
Aimee van Wynsberghe, assistant professor of ethics at the University of Delft, and co founder of the FRR, said: “There isn’t a conversation happening in the general public about what is acceptable, permissible and what should be promoted.
“This is a preliminary step to engage policymakers, academics, the tech industry and the general public.”
The consultation report is on the FRR website where people are invited to comment on its findings. The panel hopes to make final recommendations next year.
The Foundation for Responsible Robotics operates from the Hague Institute for Global Justice at the Hague and run consultations on all areas of robotics. It has 200 members including some of the world’s most eminent robotics academics.

Martin Comments:

The report said that as robotics, telecommunications and virtual reality merged, sex dolls could be created which was silicon replica of a long-distance partner, so that couples could have virtual sex and even speak to each other through the doll’s mouth.” (Quoted from article above)

This is only a step away from the “virtual holographic replica” I commented on in my recent blog (see link below)  Is this why we are being analysed, scanned, “patterned for data storage”? Surely this doll, too, could continue to record ever more detailed and intimate data.

And how would you know if your partner were really speaking through this doll? What if it was hacked?

Even more worrying are the “underage dolls”: Never harmed a child because of them? Yes but they could be used to groom and train

So many ethical questions surround this rapidly advancing market, and like the article says, it’s not being discussed among the general public. Except as a joke maybe.

https://uncensored.co.nz/2017/07/29/project-blue-beam-still-crazy-after-all-these-yearspart-two/

 

Martin Harris

I have a lovely partner and 3 very active youngsters. We live in the earthquake ravaged Eastern Suburbs of Christchurch, New Zealand. I began commenting/posting on Uncensored back in early 2012 looking for discussion and answers on the cause and agendas relating to our quakes. I have always maintained an interest in ancient mysteries, UFOs, hidden agendas, geoengineering and secret societies and keep a close eye on current world events. Since 2013 I have been an active member of theCONTrail.com community, being granted admin status and publishing many blogs and discussion threads. At this time I'm now helping out with admin and moderation duties here at Uncensored where my online "life" began.

3 thoughts on “The The Dark Side Of Sex Robots

  1. More on the brothels

    ‘Sex Robot’ Brothels Gaining Popularity in Europe http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/633323/sex-robot-prostitutes-brothel-more-popular-real-girls-Vienna-Austria

    Sex robot more popular at brothel than REAL prostitutes

    http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/633323/sex-robot-prostitutes-brothel-more-popular-real-girls-Vienna-Austria
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    Outrage as sex robot company sells ‘frigid’ cyborg that ‘can be RAPED’
    http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/631056/Sex-robot-doll-cyborg-raped-Roxxxy-Frigid-Farrah-True-Companion

    Sex robot 2018 REVEALED: New human-like feature to take cyborgs to ‘NEXT LEVEL’ http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/632820/Sex-robot-cyborg-Terminator-head-talk-sing-smile-DS-Doll-Robotic-breakthrough-2018

    A SEX robot firm is making a doll with a fully functional Terminator-like head – which can speak, smile and even sing in a major breakthrough for the cyborg industry. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/632820/Sex-robot-cyborg-Terminator-head-talk-sing-smile-DS-Doll-Robotic-breakthrough-2018

    Inside Chinese sex robot factory making ‘human-like’ dolls set to ‘GO GLOBAL’ http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/631553/sex-robot-china-factory-pictures-sergi-santos-go-global

    1. Good to see you are able to comment again Rose, and thanks for all the additional info. Very little of this is actually seen in the MSN apart from a few “nudge-wink” style articles. But there is indeed a very dark and serious side to all this and feeds on basic human drives and desires. One could almost regard it as a form of vampirism (a subject I will address in detail in due course!).

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