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from the some-topics-are-just-too-weird-for-words dept.
The folks over at CNBC have dug up some experts to explore the question should you have sex with robots:
Should we be having sex with robots?
It's a question that has sparked fierce debate among moralists and the robotics industry. And it turns out, they're all split on what role machines should play in future relationships.
During a discussion at the Web Summit technology conference in Dublin on Wednesday, experts warned about the dangers of getting intimate with robots.
"It's something we should be very concerned about...because if people feel they can have an intimate relationship with a machine, that is saying something serious about how we're experiencing empathy with each other," Kathleen Richardson, senior research fellow in the ethics of robotics at the U.K.'s De Montfort University, said during the panel.
The academic, who launched the "campaign against sex robots" earlier this year, added that "we are losing our sense of humanity."
How, exactly, do you get to be an expert on banging robots? Just saying...
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Sunday November 08 2015, @02:10AM
Does it bother anyone besides me that Hairyfeet should know this? Thanks for the clarification, Hairy!
(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Sunday November 08 2015, @03:43AM
Is it so shocking that I like to read about the history of science and technology? Man has had a lot of dead ends and bad theories and until just recently science was more associated with "magic" than with verifiable proofs.
If you want to see just how many twists and turns there are along the way to knowledge a great video to start with is the race for absolute zero [youtube.com], the winding road that came with our understanding of what cold is and how it actually works is quite fascinating.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.