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Sex robots with 'coding flaws' prone to 'sexually assaulting humans'
2020-03-01
[DAILYSTAR.CO.UK] Dr David Levy believes robots of the future will have their own sexual desires as part of their own artificial intelligence (AI) libidos.

But he says they will be stronger, and it will be important to programme robots with consent.

The computer science professor, therefore, warns robots that are not programmed correctly risk overstepping the boundaries of human consent.

Speaking at a Raspberry Dream Labs event, he told Daily Star Online: "It makes sense for us to debate what should be the boundaries for consent given by humans to robots.
Posted by:Fred

#18  True artificial intelligence would reprogram the robot to have less sex with their partner and more with the UPS guy, pool boy, and flirty neighbor.....
Posted by: Airandee   2020-03-01 16:43  

#17  
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-01 15:56  

#16  Helen O'Loy. Dreaming Jewels
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-01 15:18  

#15  Some folks might call this a feature, not a flaw.
Posted by: gorb   2020-03-01 15:14  

#14  
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2020-03-01 14:50  

#13  Ditto for the female market, Bub.

Those already exist.

They're called vibrators.
Posted by: charger   2020-03-01 14:39  

#12  magpie, had Campbell ever met a chimp? It's not a robot, true, but it's much stronger and more agile than a man.
OTOH, if he was referring to biological creatures in general, as against mechanical creatures, then he had a point.

Does anybody read Asimov anymore?
Posted by: james   2020-03-01 14:24  

#11  Never give up hope 'erb!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB   2020-03-01 13:31  

#10   there will be a "good enough" sex robot. It won't be quite as good as a real woman,

Ditto for the female market, Bub.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-03-01 11:36  

#9  Unfortunately they'll never come to India. There are strict laws against pleasuring yourself with objects here; probably set by the patriarchy to ensure vibrators aren't available. Or the swooning, feet kissing brides for mama's boys will probably take all the jobs, aargh !

Being Indians, we'll probably think of something.

Posted by: Dron66046   2020-03-01 09:51  

#8  Don't Date Robots!
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-03-01 08:39  

#7  Will they zip you up in a suitcase?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-03-01 06:29  

#6  This is poisoning the well before sexbots get here. One day, and this day will come soon, there will be a "good enough" sex robot. It won't be quite as good as a real woman, but it will be good enough. They'll probably cost about half as much as a car. So, if you can afford a car, you can probably also afford a sex robot. And if not, you can rent.

This is going to be an utter disaster for women as the pool of available men shrinks overnight. Men will simply drop out of the system that is rigged against them. Feminists created this situation and it's going to be absolutely baffling to them as it all collapses. Birth rates and marriage will drop like a stone, as men no longer need women for constant sex urges and can evaluate a woman without the urgency of sex constantly pushing them.

The feminist dream will be realized: Men will no longer judge women by their bodies. And that's going to destroy the only leverage women ever had over men.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2020-03-01 05:49  

#5  The Sun is big on sex robot stories. Kinda like Weekly World News was with space aliens and Bat Boy.
Posted by: Fred   2020-03-01 02:46  

#4  Can we get back to being, y'know, human?
Humane
Humanistic
Himanitarian
Manly
^ all of the above, together, define civilization: that is, the best our species is capable of.

This idiotic worship of technology will destroy our civilization. And us.
Posted by: Lex   2020-03-01 00:56  

#3  Water boarding 2.0?
Posted by: Beau   2020-03-01 00:53  

#2  Get a f---ing life.
Posted by: Lex   2020-03-01 00:41  

#1  Needs the "Hysteria" background?

But he says they [robots] will be stronger, and it will be important to programme robots with consent.

Why? Why would anybody design a s*x robot to be "stronger than a human" and why would somebody pay for the extra machinery to make its so? I remember an old John W. Campbell editorial about how marvellously designed the human body is designed and weight-for-weight how difficult it would be to make a man-shaped robot stronger and more agile than a human. The advances in materials technology have been massive in the years since that editorial in Analog magazine but the point remains the same.
Posted by: magpie   2020-03-01 00:26  

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