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12 - Robot Romance

from Part II - Issues and Concerns for Human–Robot Interaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2024

By
Margaret Ryznar
Edited by
Woodrow Barfield ,
Yueh-Hsuan Weng  and
Ugo Pagallo
Yueh-Hsuan Weng
Affiliation:
Kyushu University, Japan
Ugo Pagallo
Affiliation:
University of Turin
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Summary

Romance between a human and robot will pose many questions for the laws that apply to human–robot interaction and, in particular, family law. Such questions include whether humans and robots can marry and what a subsequent divorce might look like. This chapter considers these issues, organized to track the seasons of romantic relationships, such as cohabitation, engagement, and marriage. Given that marriage is no longer devoid of the possibility of divorce, this chapter also considers issues of property division, alimony, child custody, and child support when a marriage between a human and robot dissolves. Even for skeptics of such a future, given rapid advances in robotics, the applicability of family law to relationships between a human and robot is nonetheless an increasingly relevant thought experiment and intersects with other emerging areas of law, technology, and robotics.

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The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Policy, and Regulation for Human–Robot Interaction , pp. 207 - 231
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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