Love & Sex with Robots! No!
Watch the presentation at Ideacity, Toronto, 2016 – watch HERE
Watch the presentation at Ideacity, Toronto, 2016 – watch HERE
The world’s most advanced sex dolls will soon be able to talk and think but we might have to think a little bit further and ask ourselves the question: Are Sex Robots ethical? At least that’s the question Kathleen Richardson raises as ‘anti-sexbot campaigner’. We have to ensure that robotics develops ethically and that we…
Slavery is the coercive and controlled use of another human. Contrary to the belief that the practice ended in the 1800s, slavery still persists today. There are many different terms used to describe slavery including, debt bondage (a person’s pledge of labor for a debt or obligation), sale and exploitation of children, and human trafficking…
An interview with Kathleen Richardson by Elizabeth McKeown from Women’s Liberation Radio News about the subject of child sex dolls on the market. How are pedophilia, pornography, and prostitution linked? Will using an object stop men from using women and children as objects, or reaffirm their outlook that women and children are things? Listen to the interview here:
When we launched the Campaign Against Sex Robots in September 2015 we received hundreds of messages from not so well wishing men saying ‘well, what about vibrators and dildos? Women have had sex robots for years’. Just to clarify, the campaign never advocated a ban on sex robots. The only robots we advocate a…
This article is dedicated to the Ancient Greek legend of Aspasia as a warning about sex robots, in hope that her words can be highlighted and recognized, in accordance with the suffering she endured as a courtesan, a prostitute to wealthy men in Ancient Greece. Aspasia was denied a voice. For too long history books…
What is a sex robot? There is no working definition of a sex robot. At present sex robots are dolls with a few motors and some software programs. Mechanical dolls would be an apt description. Why are you against sex robots? We are against the making and use of sex robots. We appreciate that a…
Technology is evolving quickly. The gaming industry and virtual reality are reaching new levels of innovation. Developments in artificial intelligence are advancing and robots are being created. Meanwhile, the porn industry is at its highest peak in production. Due to the advent of the Internet, adult entertainment has become a highly competitive market with an…
Join campaign director Dr Kathleen Richardson to explore issues of freedom, the human need for control and how sex robots could be dangerous and encourage further inequalities in society. What does it mean to be free? What does it mean to be in a relationship? Are robots a symbolic representation of our detachment from each…
The Campaign Against Sex Robots is against the production of child sex dolls which are part of a cultural pattern to legitimate paedophilia more widely. The recent news that Japanese company Trottla is producing child-like sex dolls is something we want to address as a serious problem. The company, owned by Shin Takagi, offers buyers…
Ethics of Freedom The Campaign Against Sex Robots will explore the theme of human abandonment and the ‘imagined’ role that robots will play in helping humans overcome their isolation and loneliness. Technology is a cultural artefact, entirely artificial, therefore, the way technologies are created reflect what is happening in human lived lifeworlds. We follow social…
Article by Hope Reese in TechRepublic – read the article here