ABSTRACT Recent years have seen significant developments in Artificial Intelligence and we are now beginning to see some applications applied to sexual technologies. This has led to certain individuals and groups calling for a ban on the development of artificial sexual companions or “sexbots”. This is largely due to fears that commercialising sex in this way could could re-enforce existing gender inequalities, and sexual objectification. We argue that one possible risk mitigation strategy could be to develop ethical safeguards into sexual robots. In this paper we explore the problem of implementing artificial ethical agents through a review of the relevant literature. We begin by exploring the motivation to the problem, and the science fiction that has inspired it. Following this, the practical, and philosophical implementation challenges are discussed before providing an overview of the current state of the art. The paper concludes by introducing the grand challenges of the field.

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Sexbots：人工伦理代理的案例

摘要 近年来，人工智能取得了重大进展，我们现在开始看到一些应用于性技术的应用。这导致某些个人和团体呼吁禁止开发人造性伴侣或“性爱机器人”。这主要是因为担心以这种方式将性商业化可能会加剧现有的性别不平等和性对象化。我们认为，一种可能的风险缓解策略可能是为性机器人开发道德保障。在本文中，我们通过对相关文献的回顾来探讨实施人工伦理代理的问题。我们首先探索问题的动机，以及激发它灵感的科幻小说。在此之后，实用，在提供对当前技术状态的概述之前，讨论了哲学上的实施挑战。本文最后介绍了该领域的重大挑战。