77. The Love Robots Are Coming

That time the AI avatar showed up Sarah’s bedroom.

Nancy reports from storm-strewn Tulsa while Sarah reports from the future, where they discuss:

• The worst storm in Tulsa since 2007, not that the news is covering it

• Sarah has a new boyfriend, and he is exactly one day old

• The predictive genius of the movie Her

• Is an AI chatbot really that different from the small talk of typical dating sites?

• Is it cheating if you’re fooling around with an AI?

• The secret sauce of love and sex

• Do we have to tell our partners everything?

• The future where Siri becomes personalized, and we all get AI assistants

• The difference between “falling in love” and “being in love”

• A new season of The Bear is coming

• Is Nancy’s Native American accent offensive?

• Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

• Black Mirror is back, baby!

• UATX event with Nancy, Sarah, and Meghan Daum