A
doctoral student at Australia’s University of Wollongong, and an associate
professor at The Netherlands’ Radboud University, wrote an article titled “Designing
Virtuous Sex Robots” that was recently published in the International Journal
of Social Robotics (look for the centerfold!). In it, they argue that even
robots specifically created for human pleasure should be designed to grant or withhold consent. And teach sex education. They say that these
sex-bots can and should be designed to help human beings become more
virtuous, either by exhibiting virtuous behavior themselves or “nudging
human behavior directly.”
The academics also argue that “A
sex robot which not only can practice consent scenarios with a human partner,
but which can actually cultivate a virtue like compassion could potentially be
used in sex education and therapy.” They even foresee a time when robots will help
coax users “towards virtuous behavior,” such as praising humans for exercising.
John Banzhaf, law professor at
George Washington University Law School, told The College Fix that he’s
skeptical of the authors’ arguments, stating in part: “ It is hard to see a
university requiring its incoming (presumably male) students to have sex with a
robot enough times to teach this virtue, or even permitting students to
interact with a sexy female robot on a voluntary basis much like checking out a
book from the library or some scientific equipment from a lab.”
Apparently, Professor Banzhaf is
shuttered in his office and doesn’t read The Fix, Campus Reform, or any
of several other journals that routinely document the institutionally sanctioned
insanity that is now ubiquitous on college campuses.
For the roughly half-dozen or so of you
around the globe that are interested in my take on this, here it is: A
“virtuous sex-bot?” That rather defeats the point, doesn’t it? I may have to do
more research on this, but I’m pretty sure that isn’t why they were invented.
Besides, robots can’t be virtuous.
Not inherently, naturally, organically…truly… virtuous. Not now, not
ever. And do we really want attractive, lifelike sexbots around telling us to
eat more vegetables and cut down on our drinking? Do we want them to nag us to
cut out red meat and give up air-conditioning and our automobiles in order to
help keep the planet from spontaneously igniting someday soon? Might they
remind us to tie our shoes and look both ways before crossing the street? Does
anybody else think this is a good idea and a natural fit?
Seriously, though, it appears much of
mankind is entering a post religious world. Many people no longer believe in a
higher power……except for A.I. robots, apparently. Is this increasingly
secular and hedonistic world a sign of the end times? 2 Tim 3:1-5 states, “But
know this…in the last days…men will be lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of
God.”
The jig is already up if we are to learn
virtue from machines.
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