Will humans soon enjoy the option of having sex with robots? We discuss the technology behind this progressive idea, along with legal, moral and ethical implications. How will this humanlike-bot alter reality? Will relationships suffer as a result?
Originally aired on October 6, 2015
Guests:
Emma Yann Zhang @yannc2021 (London, United Kingdom)
PhD Student, City University London
Neil McArthur @morallust (Winnipeg, Canada)
Associate Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba
Kathleen Richardson (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Director, Campaign Against Sex Robots; Senior Research Fellow in Ethics of Robotics, De Montfort University; Anthropologist
Matt McMullen @AbyssCreations (San Diego, CA)
Creator, RealDoll
Host:
Caitlyn Becker
@caitlynbecker
Featured image credit: Huffington Post
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Originally appeared in Huffington Post