Ep. 049 - The tech of sex: from leading edge adult video technologies to vibrators with phone apps to full blown A.I. sex dolls

So, this week we decided to discuss the role of technology in the adult entertainment/porn/sex industry. We did do some research and all the links can be found below.

We started with some banter about a the recent admission by the U.S. Military that some videos of UFOs were indeed authentic, but then we quickly got into the main topic - the tech of sex.

We started the discussion around web technology and how the "adult industry" really has been the birthplace of many technologies used throughout the web today. We also discussed how sites like pornhub.com make their stats available for research and how staggering some of their numbers are.

We then moved onto app controlled, self-pleasure devices and the Autoblow A.I. v3.0 - yeah, we are not making this crap up!

We then moved onto the sex doll industry and the inclusion of Artificial Intelligence in the latest iterations of sex dolls. 

Definitely listen to the episode and please check out some of the research we used for this week's show... it might not be the most "safe for work" research, but it is interesting for sure.

Documentary films:

https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/sex-robots-us/
https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/substitutes/

Websites/articles:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/autoblow-a-i-replicates-human-oral-sex-techniques#/
https://realbotix.com/
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yw54wj/ai-sex-dolls-are-driving-chinas-sexual-revolution
https://www.wired.com/story/ose-vibrator-ces-controversy/
https://www.vibease.com/
https://medium.com/voice-tech-podcast/sex-robots-when-ai-goes-too-far-and-why-we-should-be-concerned-fd687b2378b4

YouTube and other podcasts referenced:

Harmony, the first A.I. Sex Robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CNLEfmx6Rk

Joe Rogan #1328 with Whitney Cummings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hhc90mpKNc

 

also, the Whitney Cummings Netflix special - "Can I Touch It?" was referenced in the Podcast.

Thanks for listening,
Bob & Kevin