MIT Researcher: sex robots may sell in-app purchases during intercourse
https://futurism.com/the-byte/mit-resear...ntercourse
INTRO: As new robots are built to be increasingly social and designed to appeal to our need for emotional connections, a prominent AI ethicist warns that humanity may end up being exploited.
MIT Media Lab researcher Kate Darling, an expert on tech ethics and the relationships and interactions between humans and robots, warned The Guardian that the way we talk and think about robots today — as attempts to recreate humanity — opens us fleshy humans up to being manipulated or taken advantage of.
“I worry that companies may try to take advantage of people who are using this very emotionally persuasive technology,” Darling told The Guardian. “For example, a sex robot exploiting you in the heat of the moment with a compelling in-app purchase. Similar to how we’ve banned subliminal advertising in some places, we may want to consider the emotional manipulation that will be possible with social robots.” (MORE)
Sex robot customers blown away by ultra-lifelike model – 'like a real person'
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...y-23935357
EXCERPTS: Sex robot customers have been blown away by the super-realistic features of a new design on social media. RealDoll has earned a reputation for creating amazingly detailed sex robots with artificial intelligence (AI).
The company posted a photo of one of its creations, Olivia, on Instagram with such a striking face that people thought she was actually a crying woman. One user commented: “Seriously tho. If it weren't for the captions, I would have thought she's a real person.” Another wrote: “OMG! I was thinking, why is that poor woman crying?”
[...] Last month, it unveiled a male sex doll wearing a tank top with stubble, short hair and strong jawline... (MORE - details) ...... RELATED: A rare RealDoll video that lacks an age requirement
Photo of Olivia bot
Photo of "last month's male sex doll"
https://futurism.com/the-byte/mit-resear...ntercourse
INTRO: As new robots are built to be increasingly social and designed to appeal to our need for emotional connections, a prominent AI ethicist warns that humanity may end up being exploited.
MIT Media Lab researcher Kate Darling, an expert on tech ethics and the relationships and interactions between humans and robots, warned The Guardian that the way we talk and think about robots today — as attempts to recreate humanity — opens us fleshy humans up to being manipulated or taken advantage of.
“I worry that companies may try to take advantage of people who are using this very emotionally persuasive technology,” Darling told The Guardian. “For example, a sex robot exploiting you in the heat of the moment with a compelling in-app purchase. Similar to how we’ve banned subliminal advertising in some places, we may want to consider the emotional manipulation that will be possible with social robots.” (MORE)
Sex robot customers blown away by ultra-lifelike model – 'like a real person'
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...y-23935357
EXCERPTS: Sex robot customers have been blown away by the super-realistic features of a new design on social media. RealDoll has earned a reputation for creating amazingly detailed sex robots with artificial intelligence (AI).
The company posted a photo of one of its creations, Olivia, on Instagram with such a striking face that people thought she was actually a crying woman. One user commented: “Seriously tho. If it weren't for the captions, I would have thought she's a real person.” Another wrote: “OMG! I was thinking, why is that poor woman crying?”
[...] Last month, it unveiled a male sex doll wearing a tank top with stubble, short hair and strong jawline... (MORE - details) ...... RELATED: A rare RealDoll video that lacks an age requirement
Photo of Olivia bot
Photo of "last month's male sex doll"