Could child sex robots be used to treat paedophiles?
Researchers say sexbots are inevitable - and could be used ‘like
methadone for drug addicts’
- Robotics experts said the 'sexbots' that resemble children were inevitable
- Claims child sex bots will significantly reduce the number of people overall who abuse children
- Predict animal sex bots and disabled sex bots will also be developed
Paedophiles could be given realistic child sexbots as part of their treatment, it has been claimed.
Leading robotics experts say the emergence of 'sexbots' that resemble children is inevitable.
They believe they could form an important part of treatment plans for paedophiles.
'We’ve had
sex toys for as long as mankind, and womankind, have been around,' said
Ron Arkin, Georgia Tech’s Mobile Robot Lab director, speaking on a robot
ethics panel at Berkeley.
'Child-like robots could be used for pedophiles the way methadone is used to treat drug addicts,' Arkin said, according to Forbes.
He said researchers should begin testing potential therapies.
'There
are no presumptions that this will assuredly yield positive results – I
only believe it is worth investigating in a controlled way to possibly
provide better protection to society from recidivism in sex offenders,'
he said.
'If we can save some children, I think it’s a worthwhile project.'
'There
is no doubt that child sex bots will become available, and the line and
distinction between an adult sex bot and a child sex bot is impossible
to police.
'Will
child sex bots lead to some people acting out their dark and disgusting
desires on real children? Yes, but I suspect having child sex bots will
significantly reduce the number of people overall who abuse children.