Dubé Simon, Anctil Dave
Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC Canada.
Department of Philosophy, Jean-de-Brebeuf College, Montreal, QC Canada.
Int J Soc Robot. 2021;13(6):1205-1233. doi: 10.1007/s12369-020-00706-0. Epub 2020 Oct 28.
Technology is giving rise to artificial erotic agents, which we call ( + bot). Erobots, such as virtual or augmented partners, erotic chatbots, and sex robots, increasingly expose humans to the possibility of intimacy and sexuality with artificial agents. Their advent has sparked academic and public debates: some denounce their risks (e.g., promotion of harmful sociosexual norms), while others defend their potential benefits (e.g., health, education, and research applications). Yet, the scientific study of human-machine erotic interaction is limited; no comprehensive theoretical models have been proposed and the empirical literature remains scarce. The current research programs investigating erotic technologies tend to focus on the risks and benefits of erobots, rather than providing solutions to resolve the former and enhance the latter. Moreover, we feel that these programs underestimate how humans and machines unpredictably interact and co-evolve, as well as the influence of sociocultural processes on technological development and meaning attribution. To comprehensively explore human-machine erotic interaction and co-evolution, we argue that we need a new unified transdisciplinary field of research-grounded in sexuality and technology positive frameworks-focusing on human-erobot interaction and co-evolution as well as guiding the development of beneficial erotic machines. We call this field . As a first contribution to this new discipline, this article defines Erobotics and its related concepts; proposes a model of human-erobot interaction and co-evolution; and suggests a path to design beneficial erotic machines that could mitigate risks and enhance human well-being.
科技催生了人工性爱机器人，我们称之为（+机器人）。性爱机器人，如虚拟或增强伴侣、性爱聊天机器人和性机器人，越来越让人类面临与人工代理建立亲密关系和发生性行为的可能性。它们的出现引发了学术和公众辩论：一些人谴责其风险（例如，宣扬有害的社会性行为规范），而另一些人则捍卫其潜在益处（例如，健康、教育和研究应用）。然而，对人机性爱互动的科学研究有限；尚未提出全面的理论模型，实证文献也仍然稀少。目前研究性爱技术的项目往往侧重于性爱机器人的风险和益处，而不是提供解决前者和增强后者的方案。此外，我们认为这些项目低估了人类与机器如何不可预测地相互作用和共同进化，以及社会文化过程对技术发展和意义赋予的影响。为了全面探索人机性爱互动和共同进化，我们认为我们需要一个新的统一跨学科研究领域——以性与技术的积极框架为基础——专注于人类与性爱机器人的互动和共同进化，并指导有益性爱机器的开发。我们将这个领域称为性爱机器人学。作为对这一新学科的首次贡献，本文定义了性爱机器人学及其相关概念；提出了一个人机性爱互动和共同进化的模型；并提出了一条设计有益性爱机器人的路径，这种机器人可以降低风险并增进人类福祉。
