This discussion was recorded on 3 Feb 2017, during the British Academy Late, part of the British Academy's season on Robotics, AI and Society.

David Levy, academic and author of Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships debates the pros and cons of sex robots with University of Liverpool’s Eleanor Hancock.

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For And Against Sex Robots by David Levy and Eleanor Hancock

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