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July 2025

People have always used tools to help them think. And they have always fretted about the consequences.
Thoughts on Andy Clark's "Extending minds with Generative AI"
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Rob Brooks
Artificial Intimacy News #9
A field report from the place where 21st Century technology meets human behaviour, culture, and evolution.
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Rob Brooks
Is the gender equality paradox real?
A new look at old evidence suggests that the tendency for sex differences to get bigger when gender gaps close might be a case of "Simpson's paradox".
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June 2025

Artificial Intimacy News #8
In this issue: + Artificial Intimacy gets on Wikipedia (sort of)+ LLM-induced spiritual psychosis+ Meo, the jealous AI “girlfriend”+ Katie Price and the…
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Rob Brooks
The sociopath in your pocket
When Bel fell in love it was anything but instantaneous. The reservations she held eroded slowly as the steady trickle of conversation with Cy built to…
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Rob Brooks
The deep evolutionary links between monogamy and fatherhood are more complicated than we thought
Men’s level of involvement in parenting is often tied to social norms about monogamy.
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Rob Brooks
Artificial Intimacy News #7
A field report from the place where 21st Century technology meets human behaviour, culture, and evolution.
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Rob Brooks
Companies are mining the history of human creativity and experience. Is it time to charge for AI training data and build a global wealth…
Societies can act on the lessons from fossil fuels, and avoid the mistakes made in the rise of social media, cigarettes and alcohol
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Artificial Intimacy Newsletter: Previous Issues
An archive to make it easier to browse past issues of Artificial Intimacy News
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Is the Stigmatization of Female Sex Workers About the Money or the Sex?
A study out of my lab considers how people react to learning about a woman's sex life.
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