Do we really robots running around with sex on the positronic brain? Data's roll in the hay with Tasha Yar was certainly a highlight for Star Trek fans, but the novelty would have quickly worn off were he doing the nasty with every hot green alien lizard woman the Enterprise encountered. That was Riker's job, and Kirk's before him.

Where will it end? The fact students can order robots to "pick up objects" has a disturbing double meaning and things could easily get out of control. The only thing worse than your wife running away with your neighbour is her running away with your neighbour's Aibo.

It has to stop, and stop now. Perhaps we need a fourth Law of Robotics; "A robot must not put the moves on a human being".{moscomment}

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Adam Turner