Review

Rob Brooks' delving into artificial intimacy is ultimately unsatisfying

By Robyn Ferrell
July 31 2021 - 12:00am
In the real world, artificial learning has taught us many things about intimacy. Picture: Shutterstock
In the real world, artificial learning has taught us many things about intimacy. Picture: Shutterstock
  • Artificial Intimacy: Virtual friends, digital lovers and algorithmic matchmakers, by Ron Brooks. NewSouth, $32.99.

This book may beguile some, especially those who remember the sexual revolution as a vision of a free and equitable exchange of intimacies.

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