Gabfest Reads: When a Sex Robot Catches Feelings

Political Gabfest

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Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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David Plotz talks with author Sierra Greer about her new book, Annie Bot. They discuss how much discomfort Annie (a “Cuddle Bunny” type of robot) can feel, how the story of a robot is really about the right to control a body, and more. Tweet us your questions @SlateGabfest or email us at [email protected]. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gapfest reads for June 2024. I'm David Platz, one of the hosts of the slate political
0:06.8	Gapf.
0:07.8	Eddie Bot. What a book. I tore through Sierra Greer's novel the story of a sex robot or Android.
0:15.7	I will get into the terminology in a minute named Annie and her growing recognition of
0:20.5	her own self, her consciousness.
0:22.8	This is not a new theme.
0:27.4	It's as old as Frankenstein, as new as Clara in the sun,
0:30.8	but holy moly, this is a gripping book. It is sexy about sex. There's a lot of interesting
0:36.1	sex in the sex robot book and it is deep about what it means to be human.
0:39.8	Sierra Greer joins me from her home in I don't even know where Sierra.
0:43.6	Welcome to Galfest reads.
0:45.1	Thank you so much David.
0:46.4	I'm so happy to be here and I'm connecting with you from Connecticut.
0:49.7	Thank you for this joy of a book.
0:51.5	I love world building and I especially love subtle world building and you do it so well in anybody.
0:59.6	Can you tell me some of the key features of the world we arrived at where we meet Anybot.
1:05.8	What is Stella Handy?
1:07.2	What are Cuddle Bunnies and Abigales and Nannies?
1:10.9	Well, Anybot is the story of a very advanced female robot named Annie,
1:16.0	who's custom designed to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner, Doug.
1:22.0	And he purchases this robot because he's he's lonely and there's
1:27.2	this company Stella Handy that produces companion robots and they come in three different modes.
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