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The Woman Who Coined "Digisexuality": Dr Markie Twist on AI, Robots and Real Intimacy
Dr Markie Twist, Professor of Couple and Family Therapy and Sex Therapy at Antioch University and, with philosopher Neil McArthur, the therapist who coined the term digisexuality, joins Andrew Phipps to explain what it actually means to have a healthy relationship with an AI companion. Dr Twist unpacks the Digi Health principles, consent, protection from harm, honesty, privacy and pleasure, and her framework for assessing when technology-mediated relationships become "out of control," alongside real client stories, the ethics of consent when one party is a chatbot, and why she believes stigma…
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