In Britain, a campaign against sex robots started

In Britain, a campaign started, the initiators of which demanded that technological companies abandon the development of sex robots endowed with artificial intelligence, the newspaper The Independent writes.

Many designers work on the creation of such robots who believe that equipping various sex dolls and toys with artificial intelligence will make them more “human” and attractive for buyers. However, from the point of view of activists, at the head of which are researchers in the field of robotics and ethics, Caitlin Richardson and Eric Diamond, such developments contradict the morality and principles of humanism.

In addition, the initiators of the movement against sex robots believe that the frequent attempts to create high-tech robots for pleasures in the image and likes of women or children adversely affect society, enhance inequality and warm up stereotypes, and also reduce emotionality.

Finally, from the point of view of activists, such humanoid robots reproduce the idea of ​​prostitution. At the same time, supporters of the ban do not agree with those who believe that the use of sex robots will lead to a decrease in the level of prostitution. “Technological innovations and prostitution coexist and mutually stimulate each other, increasing the demand for“ living goods, ”they believe.

Richardson and Brilling hope that robot specialists and engineers will listen to their call and abandon current projects to create sex robots and the corresponding software code. Instead of all this, they should focus on creating technologies that meet the principles of human dignity and freedom.