Is It OK to Have Sex With a Robot?

March 18, 2015|4:54 pm

ChihiraAico, a communication android robot, gestures to show goers at the Toshiba booth at the International Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 6, 2015. The robot is controlled by pneumatics.

Some ethicists argue sexbots will improve our lives by ending prostitution and sex trafficking, and by fulfilling human needs. The Christian Post spoke with three Christians who have written on topics related sex and human relationships and technology to get their take on the issue.

The technology required to make a sexbot, or a robot designed for sexual relations with a human, is quickly becoming available, and some companies are already working toward that goal.

First, robotics companies are already working toward designing robots that can move like humans and respond to humans with facial expressions. Second, there are several companies that make "sex dolls." Unlike robots, sex dolls cannot move on their own, but these companies continue to advance their goal of making products that look and feel as lifelike as possible. And third, artificial intelligence will allow computers to interact with humans by making their own choices and learning from experience.

As these three technologies coalesce, manufactures will be able to mass produce robots designed for sexual relations with humans. One New Jersey-based company claims to have made the world's first sexbot, although one enthusiast told Reasonthe effort "fell far short of expectations."

Sexbots in film

As is often the case with new technology, Sexbots have already been imagined by science fiction writers. For just a few film examples, "Vice," released in January and starring Bruce Willis, is about a "pleasure robot" that becomes self aware and escapes. "West World" (1973), had a similar plot, complete with sexbots, and is being remade for HBO.

Still of Jude Law and Ashley Scott as sexbots, Gigolo Joe and Gigolo Jane, in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

1975's "The Stepford Wives" imagined a town where all the wives were replaced with robots. Daryl Hannah was a sexbot in 1989's "Blade Runner." In 2001, Jude Law portrayed a sexbot named "Gigolo Joe" in the film "A.I. Artificial Intelligence."

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