Smart sex dolls may cause a demographic crisis

 A sociological expert has warned that as lonely singles begin to abandon traditional interpersonal interactions and choose AI sex dolls, the gradual improvement of smart sex dolls may cause the world's birth rate to drop and increase the total population. of the world. reduce.

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Among them, Japan in Asia is a typical representative. With the decrease in the number of babies born, its domestic population decreases sharply and the Japanese become an “endangered species”.

In 2018, about 921,000 babies were born in Japan, a decrease of 25,000 from 2017. According to statistics, this is the lowest level since records began in 1899. About 1.3 million people died in the same year, which means almost 400,000.

Dr Kate Devlin, a lecturer in social and cultural artificial intelligence at King's College London and a top expert in the field of AI, warned that smart silicone sex dolls would make this crisis worse.

Dr Devlin told the Daily Star: “In a country like Japan, loneliness is a serious social problem and people are worried that robots are making it worse.”

“There are now artificial intelligence 'partners'. For those who wish to buy robots, they are usually looking for the companion of the opposite sex. »

In 2018, a documentary titled “Substitutes” aired on Russia Today revealed the growing trend of smart French dolls. The film focused on how these life-size sex dolls helped A national emotion of loneliness and alienation.

The popularity of sex dolls is not unique to Japan, and its sales have increased worldwide.

According to sex doll company Dutch Wives, in 2018 alone, Japan sold 2,500 smart sex dolls, each priced at 40,000 yuan.

Noburu Tanaka, a sex doll salesman, said, “It's a wonderful feeling. It looks like a doll, but it feels like a living person. There may be issues when interacting with each other on a daily basis. , But with him, it is no longer important. »

Kanako Amano, a demographic expert at the NLI Research Institute in Tokyo, said: “The biggest problem in Japan is the declining birth rate and population. It is a catastrophe in Japan and a warning for humanity. The Japanese are at a crossroads and are threatened with extinction. Threatens. »