ABSTRACT

Robots designed to elicit sexual arousal are coming. Sexual arousal can increase our willingness to engage in risky or unconventional sexual behaviors. However, researchers have yet to examine whether this effect extends to robots. Hence, this study provides the first empirical evidence that state sexual arousal can increase our willingness to engage erotically with robots. Based on previous research, we hypothesized that levels of sexual arousal would positively predict willingness to engage erotically with robots (Hypothesis 1); and that men would be more willing to engage erotically with robots than women (Hypothesis 2). A convenience sample of 321 adults (≥18y) completed a two-part online survey measuring their willingness to have sex with, love, engage in an intimate relationship with, and be friends with a robot and a human before and after viewing a sexually explicit video. The results partly support Hypotheses 1–2. They show that state sexual arousal increases willingness to have sex with a robot, and that men are more willing to have sex and engage in an intimate relationship with a robot than women, pre- and post-manipulation. These findings are important given the rise of sex robots and their potential influence on our intimate decisions and behaviors.

 抽象的

旨在引发性唤起的机器人即将问世。性唤起可以增加我们进行危险或非常规性行为的意愿。然而，研究人员尚未研究这种效应是否适用于机器人。因此，这项研究提供了第一个经验证据，证明性唤起可以增加我们与机器人发生性关系的意愿。根据之前的研究，我们假设性唤起水平会积极预测与机器人发生性关系的意愿（假设 1）；并且男性比女性更愿意与机器人发生性关系（假设 2）。 321 名成年人（≥ 18 岁）的方便样本完成了一项由两部分组成的在线调查，衡量他们在观看色情内容之前和之后与机器人和人类发生性关系、恋爱、建立亲密关系以及成为朋友的意愿视频。结果部分支持假设 1-2。他们表明，状态性唤起会增加与机器人发生性关系的意愿，并且在被操纵之前和之后，男性比女性更愿意与机器人发生性行为并建立亲密关系。考虑到性机器人的兴起及其对我们亲密决策和行为的潜在影响，这些发现非常重要。