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School’s New Robot Has A Sex Doll Problem

"A robot built by a company associated with sex dolls has no business in our classrooms."

Trinity Gentry
School’s New Robot Has A Sex Doll Problem
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A New York school district has put the rollout of a humanoid teaching assistant on hold after parents and teachers raised concerns that its manufacturer is affiliated with the company behind “hyper-realistic sexbots.”

Salamanca City Central School District purchased the Realbotix robot, named “Sally,” for $57,590 to assist 11th- and 12th-grade coding, robotics, and artificial intelligence classes. The stationary humanoid robot has silicone skin and long brown hair, and can move its upper body and make facial expressions

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