人類與機器人的婚姻或在2050年前合法

At last week's "Love and Sex with Robots" conference in London, David Levy, an expert on artificial intelligence, predicted that human-robot marriages would be legal by 2050.

上週在倫敦舉行的“與機器人的愛與性”大會上，人工智能方面的專家大衛·勒維預測，人類與機器人之間的婚姻將在2050年前合法化。

Adrian Cheok, computing professor at City University London, supported the view.

倫敦城市大學計算機系教授艾德里安·丘克支持該觀點。

"That might seem outrageous because it's only 34 years away. But 34 years ago people thought homosexual marriage was outrageous," said Cheok.

丘克稱：“這可能聽起來不可思議，因爲距2050年只有34年了。但34年前，人們還覺得同性婚姻不可思議呢。”

And though human-robot marriage might not be legal until 2050, Cheok believes humans will be living with robot partners long before then.

他認爲，儘管人類與機器人或許要到2050年才能合法結婚，但早在那之前他們就能成爲生活伴侶。

He believes robot-human marriages will have an overwhelmingly positive effect on society.

他認爲機器人和人類的婚姻將對社會產生極其積極的影響。

"People assume that everyone can get married, have sex, fall in love. But actually many don't," he says. "A lot of human marriages are very unhappy. Compared to a bad marriage, a robot will be better than a human."

他說：“人們認爲每個人都可以結婚、做愛、墜入愛河。但實際上許多人並沒有。很多人的婚姻都很不幸福。與糟糕的婚姻相比，一個機器人反而會比一個人類好得多。”

Others are less convinced. Oliver Bendel, professor at University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland, says he does not believe sex or love robots will have moral standing.

不過其他人對此並不信服。瑞士應用科學和藝術大學的教授奧利弗·本德爾表示，人類與機器人的性和愛關係將不會獲得道德的支撐。

"Marriage is a form of contract between human beings to regulate mutual rights and obligations including the care and the welfare of children. Perhaps one day robots can have real duties and rights, though I don't really believe it," he says.

他表示：“婚姻是人與人之間的一種合同形式，它被用以管理人與人之間共同的權利和義務，包括對孩子的照顧和福利。也許有一天機器人能夠擁有真正的責任和權利，雖然我不相信這會發生。”

However, he acknowledges that human-robot marriage could become legal by 2050 simply in response to public pressure.

但他同時也承認，在2050年前，人類與機器人的婚姻或許因爲社會壓力而合法。