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Robert Brooks, "Artificial Intimacy: Virtual Friends, Digital Lovers, and Algorithmic Matchmakers" (Columbia UP, 2021)

Nov 15, 2021
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Pandemic, by Ouval Noa Hurrari
01:50 • 2min
3
How Did You Get Your Ideas Out in 2021?
03:33 • 2min
4
Evolution in South Africa
05:09 • 2min
5
The Evolution of Modern Living
06:51 • 2min
6
What Roles Did Your Mentors Play Along Your Career Journey?
08:29 • 2min
7
I'd Like You to Read This
10:27 • 2min
8
Your Lattest Book
12:14 • 2min
9
Virtual for Intimacies and Otworthi Matchmakers
13:53 • 2min
10
Sexual Conflict
15:46 • 2min
11
Sexual Conflict in Small Animals
17:48 • 2min
12
Sex Robots - A Novel Approach to Sexual Conflict
19:28 • 1min
13
True Bill Can Save You Thousands a Year
20:57 • 4min
14
Co-Operation in Animals
24:38 • 2min
15
The Process of Making Friends
26:15 • 2min
16
Intimacy Is the Integration of Another Individual
27:55 • 2min
17
Artificial Intimacy
29:25 • 3min
18
Chatbut - Elisa Chekbot
31:57 • 2min
19
The Machine Is Not a Human Being
33:46 • 2min
20
Is There a Need for a Virtual Friend?
35:22 • 3min
21
Matchmaker Elgarithms Are More Than Just Connecting People
38:11 • 2min
22
The Evolution of Intimacy Is a Fundamental Human Need
39:58 • 2min
23
Machine Machine Learning Is Trying to Discover How Human Behavior Works
42:21 • 2min
24
Machine Learning Is Mining the Ways in Which We Work
44:48 • 2min
25
Artificial Intimacies Can Help People Dealing With Loneliness
46:32 • 2min
26
The Involuntary Celibate Men
48:18 • 2min
27
Matchmaker Ogarithms
50:28 • 2min
28
What Happens When Artificial Intimacy Goes Bad?
52:03 • 6min
29
Are You Currently Working on a Course on Artificial Intimacy?
58:04 • 3min