“We became aware that doctors are being asked for their professional opinions on sex dolls and robots,” Cox-George said. A recent New York Times column equated robots with human sex workers and suggested that self-described incels — meaning “involuntarily celibate” — will attempt to find fulfillment in having sex with machines. Sex robots have also been suggested as companions for the elderly or people with disabilities. The current archetype of sex robots, which mostly caters to male and heterosexual customers, might obscure what comes next. Instead of assuming robots will become replacements, Carpenter said people might be drawn to sex robots thanks to the very features — like nonjudgmental programming — that make them different from us.

Source: Washington Post June 04, 2018 22:31 UTC