Roxxxy (Photo : Robotblog.fr)
Amid a campaign for sex toy makers not to use artificial intelligence in developing sex robots, the manufacturer of Roxxxy insists there is a demand and need for these things.
Douglas Hines, chief executive of Roxxxy manufacturer True Companion, disclosed that ahead of the official launch, pre-orders for the $7,000 sex doll is in the thousands. He explains the high demand to the sex dolls providing people happiness and fulfillment other than human interaction.
Dr. Kathleen Richardson, De Monfort University robot ethicist, and University of Skovde lecturer Erik Billing launched on Monday a ban on the development of sex robots, saying, "We think that the creation of such robots will contribute to detrimental relationships between men and women, adults and children, men and men and women and women," quotes Irishexaminer.
Billing adds, "The danger of sex robot lies in ... how we form fantasies that, in some respects, become a reality - a reality where the human (male) user is expected to turn on his woman robot companion for his own, lone, pleasure," quotes HuffingtonPost.
However, Hines insists that Roxxy does not supplant the wife or try to replace a girlfriend. Rather, the sexbot is a solution for people who are between relationships or someone who has lost a spouse. He points out having sex with Roxxxy would only take a small part of the sex doll owner's time since the bulk would be spent socializing and interacting.
But the Campaign Against Sex Robot launched by Richardson says that sex robots would only increase further the perceived "inferiority of women and children" as sex objects.
