Sex Robots
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
History Hit
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Can a sex robot really fulfil our needs in the bedroom? And what attempts have been made in the past?
Sex robots may sound like a thing of the future, but for centuries humans have been fascinated by their desire for intimacy with the inanimate.
From Greek tales of steamy encounters with wax statues to beautifully crafted sex dolls with AI technology; Kate Lister is joined Betwixt The Sheets by archeologist turned computer scientist and expert on Human Computer Interaction, Kate Devlin, to discuss this aspiration of trying to create the “perfect” mate and more.
*WARNING there are naughty words and sexual content in this episode*
Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Anisha Deva.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello my lovely betwixters. This is Kate Lister. I'm jumping in with your weekly by-weekly actually fair dues warning |
| 0:07.3 | fair dues this episode is gonna contain a lot of naughtiness and it really is actually and it's not even all of my fault because I'm speaking to Kate |
| 0:14.6 | Devlin who gives me the giggles quite badly and only encourages the swearing and the general disgraceful conversations of filth and awfulness |
| 0:22.8 | We're talking about sex robots, but I'll give you some indication of what's coming your way |
| 0:27.9 | There will be adult themes, there will be naughty words, there will be graphic descriptions and horrendous |
| 0:33.1 | incidences of both of us oversharing and if you can cope with that |
| 0:36.9 | Let's get into it |
| 0:41.9 | From hovering to putting bottle caps on robots are being proved upon all the time to do jobs formally done by humans |
| 0:50.1 | But now they're capable of a whole different type of sucking and screwing |
| 0:55.8 | The arrival of the sex robot it was inevitable really isn't it as soon as human beings come up with a new technology |
| 1:03.8 | It will be turned to photographic sex purposes pretty damn quick. That's the future possibly |
| 1:09.8 | But it also has a history |
| 1:11.8 | What is the history of the sex robot? I love if humans been trying to have sex with bits and machinery |
| 1:17.8 | And where did it all come from? |
| 1:19.8 | Well, let's find out. I'm going if you are |
| 1:25.8 | What do you call a man? |
| 1:28.8 | Oh, money of course |
| 1:30.8 | You're supposed to rise when an adult speaks to you |
| 1:32.8 | I make perfect copies of whatever my boss needs |
| 1:35.8 | I just turn him in love and push him a lot |
| 1:44.8 | Yes, social courtesy does make a difference |
| 1:47.8 | Goodness, what a beautiful damn goodness, there's nothing to do with it during |
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