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Rob Brooks is a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of New South Wales, a researcher, and author.\nMachines 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\u2019s from a science fiction novel but, it\u2019s rapidly becoming a reality in modern life.\nExpect 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...\nSponsors:\nGet 10% discount on all Gymshark\u2019s products at https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom (use code: MW10)\xa0\nGet a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout)\nGet 10% discount on Marek Health\u2019s comprehensive blood panels at https://marekhealth.com/modernwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM)\nExtra Stuff:\nGet my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die \u2192 https://chriswillx.com/books/\nTo support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom\n-\nGet in touch.\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx\nTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast\nEmail: https://chriswillx.com/contact/\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices