Sam gives us our first look at Alyssa Cole’s work in The AI who loved me for the opportunity to nerd out about sextech and the implications of getting down and dirty with AI. That’s right, we’re talking about robots, while, thanks to zoom, sounding like robots. Meta. As it turns out humans love anthropomorphising their Roombas and Alexa has had more lovers proposing marriage than a Mills and Boon heroine. With the sex robot industry being skewed towards men we ask the important questions; would you bang a bot? And if you’re going to have sex with a robot, why settle for human features? And perhaps most importantly, is Abby the only person who found the Bicentennial man a 10/10 hottie? Content Warning: this episode includes some references to rape. References for nerdy sluts: If you want to play around with generating your own erotica through a neural network as we do at the end of this episode, you can do that here. Those interested in the total badass Romance author, Alyssa Cole, should check out this interview. ZDNet, Sex robot molested, destroyed at electronics show, 2017Responsible Robotics, FRR Report: Our Sexual Future with Robots 2017 González-González, Gil-Iranzo & Paderewsky. Sex with robots: analyzing the gender and ethics approaches in design 2019Frank, L., Nyholm, S. “Robot sex and consent: Is consent to sex between a robot and a human conceivable, possible, and desirable?” Artif Intell Law 25, 305–323 (2017). Cranny-Francis, A, “Is data a toaster? Gender, sex, sexuality and robots.” Palgrave Commun 2, 16072 (2016).  Kubes, Tanja. "New Materialist Perspectives on Sex Robots. A Feminist Dystopia/Utopia?." Social Sciences 8, no. 8 (2019): 224. A big thank you and shout out to our talented friends: Original BOOKSLUT artwork by Brady King and music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries Other music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial  (3.0) license.    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.