Sexbots: a case for artificial ethical agents
Recent years have seen significant developments in Artificial Intelligence and we are now beginning to see some applications applied to sexual technologies. This has led to certain individuals and groups calling for a ban on the development of artificial sexual companions or “sexbots”. This is large...
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| author | Christopher James Headleand William J. Teahan Llyr ap Cenydd |
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| description | Recent years have seen significant developments in Artificial Intelligence and we are now beginning to see some applications applied to sexual technologies. This has led to certain individuals and groups calling for a ban on the development of artificial sexual companions or “sexbots”. This is largely due to fears that commercialising sex in this way could could re-enforce existing gender inequalities, and sexual objectification. We argue that one possible risk mitigation strategy could be to develop ethical safeguards into sexual robots. In this paper we explore the problem of implementing artificial ethical agents through a review of the relevant literature. We begin by exploring the motivation to the problem, and the science fiction that has inspired it. Following this, the practical, and philosophical implementation challenges are discussed before providing an overview of the current state of the art. The paper concludes by introducing the grand challenges of the field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff9a785dcda54e888c28fd2273b1d8302023-09-15T10:47:58ZengTaylor & Francis GroupConnection Science0954-00911360-04942020-04-0132220422110.1080/09540091.2019.16401851640185Sexbots: a case for artificial ethical agentsChristopher James Headleand0William J. Teahan1Llyr ap Cenydd2University of LincolnBangor UniversityBangor UniversityRecent years have seen significant developments in Artificial Intelligence and we are now beginning to see some applications applied to sexual technologies. This has led to certain individuals and groups calling for a ban on the development of artificial sexual companions or “sexbots”. This is largely due to fears that commercialising sex in this way could could re-enforce existing gender inequalities, and sexual objectification. We argue that one possible risk mitigation strategy could be to develop ethical safeguards into sexual robots. In this paper we explore the problem of implementing artificial ethical agents through a review of the relevant literature. We begin by exploring the motivation to the problem, and the science fiction that has inspired it. Following this, the practical, and philosophical implementation challenges are discussed before providing an overview of the current state of the art. The paper concludes by introducing the grand challenges of the field.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540091.2019.1640185sexbotsartificial sexualityartificial ethical agentaeamoral agency |
| spellingShingle | Christopher James Headleand William J. Teahan Llyr ap Cenydd Sexbots: a case for artificial ethical agents Connection Science sexbots artificial sexuality artificial ethical agent aea moral agency |
| title | Sexbots: a case for artificial ethical agents |
| title_full | Sexbots: a case for artificial ethical agents |
| title_fullStr | Sexbots: a case for artificial ethical agents |
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| title_short | Sexbots: a case for artificial ethical agents |
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| topic | sexbots artificial sexuality artificial ethical agent aea moral agency |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540091.2019.1640185 |
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