Sex toys and smart robots: Who’s liable?
In Ireland, it wouldn't be rape, but it could fall under the definition of sexual assault: “vaginal intercourse manipulated by any object by another person”.
“When they wrote the word manipulated, I highly doubt they were talking about this, but as a defence attorney, if I was a prosecutor I'd take that case to court any day of the week and I would probably win,” said Rizer.
In the above-mentioned examples, there is still a human involved that could be considered liable for the malevolent actions.
But what if the sex toy is self-learning? What if sex robots with artificial intelligence become predatory?
