The Sexbot Revolution Is Already Here

I first encountered an early prototype of a sex robot when I was completing my PhD in neuroscience in 2017, and a friend sent me a viral video of a silicone head wearing a wig attached to a broomstick. A sheet had been draped over the head’s broomstick body so the viewer couldn’t see the mechanics behind the head’s steady motion. All that was visible was the robot’s face as it ate a banana (reader, it was not actually a banana). Even though the entire thing looked hysterically bad, bordering on horrific, there was clearly a market for such a product. Many people had watched the video and felt enchanted enough to buy it.