Sex according to Maïa
Illustration taken December 14, 2023. DADO RUVIC / REUTERS
Just a few months ago, I looked upon conversational AIs with a certain amusement. The technological revolution had clearly missed the sexual revolution. As prudish as a 19th-century maiden, it would run away at the mere mention of a penis. Its erotic texts would appear and censor themselves simultaneously. Its advice sounded more like a reprimand. It spent half its time explaining its own limitations and the other half treating me like a clueless six-week-old bunny. Honestly, the content was hardly impressive for a sex expert.
That was just a few months ago, which is a few millennia in AI time. Since then, ChatGPT has discovered fire, the wheel and the prostate orgasm. By December, it will be possible to have erotic conversations with it. Since 2024, the primary use of artificial intelligence has shifted from professional to therapeutic – in other words, potentially sexually therapeutic (see the Harvard Business Review). To improve their erotic skills, the very shy no longer have to take the terrifying leap into human communication. And now, I have found myself wondering if I will still have a job come Christmas.
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