A robot ethicist from the De Montfort University in Leicester is spearheading a campaign to ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to develop robots as sex toys. Dr. Kathleen Richardson, the campaign leader, insists that the use of AI is unnecessary and undesirable.
Richardson points out, "Sex robots seem to be a growing focus in the robotics industry and the models that they draw on - how they will look, what roles they would play - are very disturbing indeed," quotes BBC.
She wants to convince those developers to rethink of how they use technology. Richardson says that sex robots reinforce the traditional stereotypes of women and relationships must only be physical.
However, robot-makers say there is a need for such sex toys. But Richardson counters that the creation of sex robots only "contribute to detrimental relationships between men and women, adults and children, men and men and women and women."
A week before Richardson launched the campaign, the band Motorhead rolled out its line of sex toys. The band collaborated with Lovehoney, which calls itself the sexual happiness people, to develop and produce four bullet and classic vibrators shaped like torpedoes.
The dildoes sport Motorhead's logo and brand. The sex toys aim to "deliver the power and pleasure fans would expect from the 'loudest ban on Earth,'" reports Ultimate Classic Rock.
Motorhead singer Lemmy points out that one of their songs in their debut album is titled "Vibrator," while Neal Slateford, co-founder of Lovehoney, says that the range that the vibrator can perform captures perfectly Motorhead's rock-and-roll lifestyle and offers a unique counterpoint to the usual pink and purple toys that dominate the sex toy market.
Motorhead - The Official Pleasure Collection is available in online and physical stores. Besides the sex toys, the band also released their latest album, "Bad Magic."