The deeply human love stories of people and their sex dolls
In 2023 thousands of men (and women) are forming lifelong relationships with AI-powered dolls. Brit Dawson meets the iDollator community, and wonders what it means for the future of intimacy.
Researching Sex Robots and Love Dolls: Assumptions and Opportunities
In his award-winning presentation, Dr. Kenneth Hanson discusses the past, present, and future of research into sex robots, love dolls, and their users. The full version of this paper applies a critical lens towards other issues within sex robot research such as historicity and nomenclature, while urging for new standards in the field. This work is bound to be a crucial text for years to come within the study of sex robots, which is why it received an award for best presentation at LSR7. In this video, Dr. Hanson shares some of the challenges, assumptions and opportunities within the burgeoning field of sex robot research.
2022: A Call to Action for Sex Tech Industry Leaders
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AI Sex Dolls Are Not Embraced by Everyone in the Love Doll Community
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Interviewed
Interviewed for a special Valentine’s Day Issue of the Kent Stater.
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Interviewed
Interviewed for a feature article on dating app fatigue in The Baltimore Watchdog.
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Interviewed
Interviewed for a feature article on ghosting in The Burr Magazine.
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Interviewed
Interviewed for an article about the state of peer-review in 2022.
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Cited
Cited in an article about AI and human-machine relationships
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Quoted
Quoted in Future of Sex article “Sex Work in 2022: OnlyFans Alternatives and Virtual Cam Models”
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Quoted
Quoted in Future of Sex Article “Our Sex lives and Sex Tech Supply in COVID-era 2022”