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Robot Sex Isn’t That Far Away: An Interview with Futurist Ross Dawson [Podcast]

By Jenna Owsianik, Editor-in-Chief of FutureofSex.net

July 14, 2017

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When you think about the future of sex, what do you envision?

Futurist and publisher of Future of Sex Ross Dawson predicts it will be one of full sexual expression, which in turn will allow full human expression. While the shift will be largely social, considering humanity’s long history of repression, technology may play an important role in facilitating it.

You can listen to Dawson’s intriguing views in his interview with Bryony Cole of the Future of Sex Podcast. Together they cover a range of topics, including virtual reality, human augmentation, artificial intelligence, and, of course, sex robots.

These emerging technologies are creeping up on us and starting to change how we intimately relate to one another and ourselves. As Cole mentions, often tech innovations and the way we use them “gradually become part of the furniture without us even noticing.”

So if you’re curious to know when to expect remarkable advances in sex tech, listen to the podcast episode below.

Jenna Owsianik

Jenna Owsianik is a Canadian journalist and sex tech expert. Since 2014 she has been Editor-in-Chief of FutureofSex.net, the world’s leading publication on how technology is changing human sexuality, today and tomorrow.

Jenna is the primary author of the Future of Sex Report (2016).

Her expertise covers state-of-the-art sex technologies and the major fields driving innovations in intimacy: robotics, virtual reality, remote sex (teledildonics), immersive adult entertainment, human augmentation, virtual sex, and sexual health.

A trained journalist with a Masters of Journalism from The University of British Columbia, Jenna’s reporting has appeared on Futurism.com, Al Jazeera English, CTV British Columbia online, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS 60 Minutes, Global News, and CKNW Radio in Canada and the United States.

As a sex tech industry consultant, she is especially passionate about helping companies deliver accessible services and products to people with disabilities and other underserved communities.

Jenna also runs the sites SexforEveryBody.com, a sex-positive, body-positive online magazine that promotes inclusive sex education; and DisabledSexGuide.com, an adult resource on sex, disability, and erotica.

In 2013, Jenna won two Canadian Online Publishing Awards for her work on The Pain Project, a multimedia site on global access to palliative care.

She won second place at the 2011 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism’s Public Health category for her participation in the documentary Freedom From Pain.

Jenna has an Honors BA in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research as well as a French minor from The University of Western Ontario. She spent a year studying at L’Université Lumière Lyon 2 in Lyon, France.