Sex-robot has "family mode" switch so kids can play with it. Ethicist says it is "profoundly damaging" to children

That’s really the crux of it, ethically speaking. Is it enough to ameliorate, especially with the understanding that doing so would be contrary to the function of the bot, and that it would certainly be worked around?

I’m personally neither for or against the bots, but I am interested in the ethical questions around them.

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