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Sex Doll Company Strikes Bizarre Deal to Put Its Robot in High School Classrooms
Yahoo • • nation
Key Points:
- Realbotix, known for its controversial humanoid robots with sexualized designs, is introducing an AI-enabled robot named Sally as a teaching assistant in the Salamanca City Central School District in New York.
- Sally, costing $57,000, will assist high school STEM and arts students by generating lessons, providing real-time translations in over 100 languages, and helping teachers stay on track during lessons.
- The district's superintendent emphasized the importance of teaching proper technology use rather than banning AI, despite concerns about the robot's origins and the challenges facing educators today.
- Realbotix claims Sally avoids misinformation by admitting when it doesn't know an answer and is not connected to the internet to protect student data.
- Critics question the investment given the robot's high cost, provocative design, and the ongoing teacher shortages and underpayment issues affecting education nationwide.
