Sunday, November 18, 2018

Autonomous vehicles as mobile brothels

Name a new technology and someone has probably come up with a sex application for it.
This year, I’ve written about sex or porn applications for artificial intelligence, augmented reality, blockchain and robotics.
What about autonomous vehicles?
Yes, people are already thinking of sex applications for the emerging technology.
A new study by the journal Annals of Tourism Research said the rise of self-driving cars will give people another place to have sex, possibly for money.
Some media reports suggested “mobile brothels” and “prostitution on wheels” could be on the way.
I’m skeptical.

Related articles:

Self-driving vehicles will turn cars into brothels on wheels: study (New York Post)

People are going to sell sex in driverless cars, researchers say (Washington Post)

Will Automated Vehicles Be a Boon to the Sex Trade? (AVN)

‘Mobile Brothels’ Could Be Enabled by Self-Driving Cars, But That Doesn’t Mean They Will (Reason)

Photo by Kalvin Chan via the Creative Commons.

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