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Episode 3: Sex and Robots with Iliana Depounti
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Publication Date |
Feb 18, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:31:27

Ever since the internet has arrived, sex has been the thing that has powered it’s evolution. From how fast the internet goes, to the regulations that policy makers have to make.

however it’s not just sex that’s causing people to turn to the internet, it’s also relationships. and how people use the internet for relationships right now tells us a lot on how gendered it is.

This is a story about chat rooms to AI companion bots with a researcher who studied the new AI companion bot. On the latest episode of man v/s machine

Research:

Samantha Cole - How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex

Janelle Shane - You Look like a Thing and I love You

Websites: 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220628-what-if-the-internet-was-run-by-women

https://www.wired.com/1997/06/the-entrepreneur-next-door/ (https://archive.ph/XYA07)

https://www.xbiz.com/news/262767/persian-kitty-webmaster-beth-mansfield-passes

AI Replika: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/01634437221119021

https://venturebeat.com/games/adult-entertainment-moves-into-virtual-reality-with-red-light-center-for-the-oculus-rift/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2002/mar/03/internetnews.observerfocus

https://www.wired.com/story/chatbot-kill-the-queen-eliza-effect/

Research Eliza: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/365153.365168

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chatbot-firm-restores-erotic-play

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Ever since the internet has arrived, sex has been the thing that has powered it’s evolution. From how fast the internet goes, to the regulations that policy makers have to make. however it’s not just sex that’s causing people to turn to the internet, it’s also relationships. and how people use the internet for relationships right now tells us a lot on how gendered it is. This is a story about chat rooms to AI companion bots with a researcher who studied the new AI companion bot. On the latest episode of man v/s machine

Ever since the internet has arrived, sex has been the thing that has powered it’s evolution. From how fast the internet goes, to the regulations that policy makers have to make.

however it’s not just sex that’s causing people to turn to the internet, it’s also relationships. and how people use the internet for relationships right now tells us a lot on how gendered it is.

This is a story about chat rooms to AI companion bots with a researcher who studied the new AI companion bot. On the latest episode of man v/s machine

Research:

Samantha Cole - How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex

Janelle Shane - You Look like a Thing and I love You

Websites: 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220628-what-if-the-internet-was-run-by-women

https://www.wired.com/1997/06/the-entrepreneur-next-door/ (https://archive.ph/XYA07)

https://www.xbiz.com/news/262767/persian-kitty-webmaster-beth-mansfield-passes

AI Replika: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/01634437221119021

https://venturebeat.com/games/adult-entertainment-moves-into-virtual-reality-with-red-light-center-for-the-oculus-rift/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2002/mar/03/internetnews.observerfocus

https://www.wired.com/story/chatbot-kill-the-queen-eliza-effect/

Research Eliza: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/365153.365168

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chatbot-firm-restores-erotic-play

This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join

You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

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