A sex robot convention has been moved after terror threats from Islamic extremists.
The Third International Congress in Love and Sex with Robots was due to be held at Goldsmiths university in London today.
The two-day event, which was held at the venue last year, has been moved to a secret locations for security reasons.
Extra security officers have been drafted in to patrol the new venue in north London.
This year’s event was expected to hear a pitch from Dr David Levy (pictured), author of Love and Sex with Robots, who claims that it is an ‘odds-on cert’ that humans and robots will soon make babies
The Third International Congress in Love and Sex with Robots was due to be held at Goldsmiths university in London today
Adrian David Cheok, co-founder of the conference and computer scientist, told the Daily Star Online that Malaysian police tipped him off about threats on the event.
He said: ‘The event was originally supposed to be held at Goldsmiths University.’
‘There were some threats that police had found from Muslim extremists. We took precautions because those groups are international.
‘Robot sex is against the Muslim religion, it’s equated to homosexuality.’
In December last year, the Second International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots took place at Goldsmiths University in London.
The event was cancelled in 2015 when it was due to be held in Malaysia, because the Chief of Police in Kuala Lumpur decreed that the subject was immoral and announced that he would throw the co-organisers in jail if it went ahead.
This year’s event was expected to hear a pitch from Dr David Levy, author of Love and Sex with Robots, who claims that it is an ‘odds-on cert’ that humans and robots will soon make babies, given ‘recent progress in stem cell research and artificial chromosomes.’
Dr Levy is set to reveal his predictions at the International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots in London tomorrow, according to the Daily Star Online
And while Dr Levy has not given a specific timeline for robot babies, he suggests that it could happen within the next 100 years.
Dr Levy is set to reveal his predictions at the International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots in London tomorrow, according to the Daily Star Online.
His predictions draw upon recent studies into stem cells, bio nanotechnology and robot genetics.
In particular, Dr Levy points to research from Ohio State University, where scientists developed a nanotechnology-based chip that can successfully inject genetic code into skin cells.
Dr Levy suggests that this chip process, known as tissue nano transfection (TNT), will allow ‘the genetic code of a robot to be passed on to its offspring along with human genetic code’
Dr Levy suggests that this chip process, known as tissue nano transfection (TNT), will allow ‘the genetic code of a robot to be passed on to its offspring along with human genetic code.’
According to the Daily Star Online, Dr Levy will say: ‘Suddenly the very real possibility has appeared on the horizon of the robots of the future manipulating human skin cells to create human sperm and human eggs, and from them, using the Ohio discovery of TNT as the basis, creating an entire human baby whose embryo can be nurtured and carried through pregnancy by a mother surrogate.
A spokesperson for Goldsmiths, University of London said: ‘While we are disappointed that, due to circumstances outside our control, this conference is not being held at Goldsmiths this year we fully support this important area of research and continue to host events on this topic.’