#659 - Rob Brooks - Why Are People Falling In Love With Robots?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Rob Brooks is a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of New South Wales, a researcher, and author. Machines are integrating themselves more and more into our lives. From algorithms which know when you're depressed and want to eat ice cream to sex robots who are available to satisfy your desires on-demand. This concept, known as artificial intimacy, might seem as though it’s from a science fiction novel but, it’s rapidly becoming a reality in modern life. Expect to learn what Artificial Intimacy is and its potential impacts on the future of relationships, whether it's actually legal to get married to a robot, how worried we should be about people retreating from the real world, the danger of supermarkets who can talk to your sex robot, whether artificial intimacy is better than no intimacy at all and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom (use code: MW10) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 10% discount on Marek Health’s comprehensive blood panels at https://marekhealth.com/modernwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Rob Brooks. He's a professor of
0:05.6	evolutionary biology at the University of New South Wales, a researcher, and an author.
0:11.1	Machines are integrating themselves more and more into our lives, from algorithms which
0:15.6	know when you're depressed and want to eat ice cream, to sex robots who are available to satisfy
0:20.0	your desires on demand. This concept, known as artificial intimacy, might seem as though it's
0:25.2	from a science fiction novel, but it's rapidly becoming a reality in modern life.
0:29.6	Expect to learn what artificial intimacy is and its potential impact on the future of relationships,
0:35.0	whether it's actually legal to get married to a robot, how worried we should be about people
0:39.6	retreating from the real world, the danger of supermarkets who can talk to your sex toys,
0:44.4	whether artificial intimacy is better than no intimacy at all, and much more. This Monday,
0:51.2	an absolutely huge episode with Sam Harris, neuroscientist and moral philosopher,
0:56.5	is going live. It's one of the episodes I've looked forward to. The most this year,
1:00.4	Sam has been an absolutely massive influence on me over the last decade, and I can't wait to get
1:05.9	this one out. So make sure that you've hit the subscribe button. It is the best way to support
1:10.1	this show and it ensures that you will not miss that episode when it goes live.
1:15.7	A thank you. In other news, this episode is brought to you by Gymshark. I'm actually in LA
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