{"product_id":"artificial-intimacy-9780231200943","title":"Artificial Intimacy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks explores the latest research on intimacy and desire to consider how new technologies and fundamental human behaviors interact. He details how existing artificial intelligences can already learn and exploit human social needs—and are getting better at what they do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFantastic, funny, informative, and very, very timely. -- Kate Devlin, author of \u003ci\u003eTurned On: Science, Sex, and Robots\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArtificial Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e is a great example of how to use an evolutionary perspective on human nature to illuminate an emerging, evolutionarily unprecedented area of modern life. -- Steve Stewart-Williams, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ape That Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRob Brooks weaves an engaging story of how this near future may look, drawing deeply on both his background as an evolutionary biologist and his skill as a scientific storyteller. Get ready for a roller-coaster ride into love and intimacy in your digital future. -- Toby Walsh, author of \u003ci\u003e2062: The World That AI Made\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWitty, accessible, always fascinating but surely contentious, this is popular science that will appeal to readers of Yuval Noah Harari’s \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e. -- \u003ci\u003eBooks + Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eArtificial Intimacy'\u003c\/i\u003e leaves the reader with a new understanding – and a million curiosities – about how technology influences our intimate relationships, and how that might change in the future. * AIPT Science *\u003cbr\u003eAn in depth and well-researched narrative. An excellent book. * Nicole Barbaro, PhD *\u003cbr\u003eArtificial Intimacy weaves an engrossing story on the future that awaits us, without predicting whether or not it will be promising or dystopian. * The Hindu Business Line *\u003cbr\u003eVery accessible work...recommended. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eThis nuanced book written in clean, clear prose makes for compelling reading. * vijee venkatraman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: In the beginning …\u003cbr\u003e1. Meet the dollbots\u003cbr\u003e2. It’s not about the robot\u003cbr\u003e3. Groom your friends\u003cbr\u003e4. The intimacy algorithm\u003cbr\u003e5. How did sex become so complicated?\u003cbr\u003e6. When artificial intimacy goes bad\u003cbr\u003e7. Ploughs, pills and porn: How technology changes sex\u003cbr\u003e8. Tomorrow’s moral panic will be just like yesterday’s\u003cbr\u003e9. Make war not love\u003cbr\u003e10. A Fembot army to disarm the InCel insurrection\u003cbr\u003e11. There’s no such thing as free love\u003cbr\u003e12. A future in four fictions\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400359321943,"sku":"9780231200943","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231200943.jpg?v=1730470489","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/artificial-intimacy-9780231200943","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}