Artificial Intimacy
Virtual Friends, Digital Lovers and Algorithmic Matchmakers
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2021
Summary
People have long told machines what to do by pushing buttons. Now, with advances in technology, machines are pushing our buttons.
In Artificial Intimacy, evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks takes us from the origins of human behaviour to the latest in artificially intelligent technologies, providing a fresh and original view of the very near future of human relationships.
Sex dollbots, digital lovers, virtual friends and algorithmic matchmakers help us manage o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781742236858 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1742236855 |
| Author: | Rob Brooks |
| Publisher: | NewSouth Publishing |
| Imprint: | NewSouth Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 370g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Rob Brooks
Rob Brooks is an international expert on the conflicting evolutionary interests that make sex sizzle and render reproduction complex. He has won Australia’s most prestigious award for science communication, the Eureka Prize, and is the author of Sex, Genes and Rock ‘n’ Roll: How evolution has shaped the modern world (2011), which won the Queensland Literary Award for Science Writing. He is Scientia Professor of Evolution at UNSW, Sydney, where he founded and directed the Evolution and Ecology Research Centre.
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