A Semblance of Aliveness: How the Peculiar Embodiment of Sex Robots Will Matter.
While the design of sex robots is still in the early stages, the social implications of the potential proliferation of sex robots into our lives has been heavily debated by activists and scholars from various disciplines. What is missing in the current debate on sex robots and their potential impact...
| Publicado en: | Techné: Research in Philosophy & Technology Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 290 - 318 |
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2019
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