A couple of interesting articles on sex robots appeared in the news recently. Clickbait articles on sexbots appear daily, but these two are worth actually reading. Sex Robots Are Here But Laws Aren’t Keeping Up Another article that argues two things that I would dispute – ‘sex robots are here’, and ‘laws aren’t keeping up’.… Read More »
I caught this little comedy film on YouTube only the other day, although it’s been online for two years. As well as funny, it’s interesting in the context of the YouTube video I shared here the other day. Although a comedy (and I certainly found it funny) the ‘twist’ – when she is given her… Read More »
YouTuber ‘johntheother’ uploaded an interesting, if controversial take on the sex robot debate the other day. I do certainly agree with him in one aspect – when society is considering banning some product or service, at least first try to consider why there is a demand for thing alleged to be harmful. Because mitigating the… Read More »
Kate Devlin is a British computer scientist specialising in Artificial intelligence and Human–computer interaction. She co-chaired the annual Love and Sex With Robots convention in 2016 held in London, after penning the seminal defence of sex robots a year earlier hat was published in The Conversation and entitled – ‘In defence of sex machines: why… Read More »
An Australian sex robot documentary asks if sex robots are a force for good or a growing threat. As many of the comments underneath point out, they are certainly a threat to feminists. Given that the journalist in the documentary appears to be a feminist, then you should know how the documentary answers its own… Read More »
On behalf of all American women, Comedienne Whitney Cummings declares war on sex robots. At least she’s honest about it, unlike most anti-sexbot campaigners.
BBC Science, in a leading article on the site’s homepage, acts as a loudspeaker for the calls of ‘American’ researchers (well, one American female ‘scientist’ and a rather sad British female anti-sexbot campaigner) to ban sex robots. ‘Sex robots may cause psychological damage’ is the headline. And it’s not in quotes. It’s fact. Sex robots… Read More »
Alternative Russian news site Sputnik is reporting that RealDoll are planning to equip their sex robots (which are still not for sale) with ‘spacial awareness’ and facial recognition. While Sputnik quoting RealDol representative ‘Brick Dollbanger’ might not be convincing for some, there’s no doubt that there are real advances now appearing to happen very quickly… Read More »
Interesting and informative piece on digisexuality from CTV (Canadian TV) News, with a variety of perspectives including the ‘founder’ of digisexuality Neil McArthur (himself a Canadian). https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/technology-gives-rise-to-digisexuality-an-alternative-to-human-partners-1.4747940 But with these developments, we’ve also seen swift backlash against sexual technologies, McArthur said, and he fears moral panic will only grow more intense as more digisexuals come… Read More »
Adult industry news hub Xbiz published an interesting piece recently exposing how ‘The National Center On Sexual Exploitation’ morphed from being an ultra-conservative anti-porn group called ‘Morality In Media’ into a seemingly respectable NGO that the media quotes and politicians listen to on all things to do with ‘sex exploitation’ – from sex trafficking to… Read More »
It seems that one feminist has taken a refreshingly unique view to the inevitable rise of the sex robots – if you can’t beat them (or ban them) then join them… or at least make some dollars from an ‘ethical’ version of a sex robot brothel. Feminist online cult leader ‘Unicole Unicron’ has turned robot… Read More »
Kate Devlin bravely puts the case for NOT making sex robots illegal in a discussion published on YouTube earlier this year. Among the other panelists is Booke Magnanti, known in for being a high class London prostitute in her younger days and who blogged anonymously as ‘Belle de Jour’, and a bearded low-T white knight… Read More »
Sex robots are pure click bait. They don’t even really exist yet (what we have are ‘smart sex dolls’) and are likely decades away in any meaningful form, yet online news sites are carrying stories about them nearly every day, and all because the public just can’t get enough of them. Even academics are finding… Read More »
Sex dolls are under attack! Or more precisely, the fundamental right of an individual to own a sex doll of his or her choice in his or her own home is under attack by law makers, from the USA to South Korea, to pretty much everywhere. And sex doll legislation is of course being used… Read More »
I recently argued here that there’s a danger of ‘sex robot’ manufacturers deliberately making hysteric soundbites as regards the supposed possible dangers of their products, simply in order to get some clicks and media attention. It’s already backfiring in that South Korea has become the first, and very likely not the last, to come close… Read More »
South Korea is creeping ever closer to banning the sale and purchase of not only ‘sex robots’, but realistic sex dolls. Over a quarter of a million South Korean citizens recently signed a petition to have the dolls banned, thus passing the threshold whereby the proposal has to be considered by the government there. Although… Read More »
One of the more interesting articles on digisexuality appeared in the UK Metro paper a couple of months ago, I just came upon it recently. It’s attention grabbing headline states the fear that we might soon be ‘falling in love with people who don’t exist‘. This got me thinking about how ambiguous the term digisexuality… Read More »
Kate Devlin is an academic who is surprisingly balanced in her view of sex robots and future sex tech in general. She has actually published a very good article titled – ‘In Defence of Sex Robots‘. Here she takes part in a 45 minute podcast with YouTuber Ben Byford whose channel is focused on ‘machine… Read More »