The Future of Intimacy
Read entries from Dr. Brandon's popular Psychology Today blog – The Future of Intimacy – focused on straight talk about sex.
April 24, 2025
April 24, 2025
Why the rise of AI companions and therapists is set to profoundly disrupt psychotherapy, even if most clients will always prefer a human therapist.
April 5, 2025
April 5, 2025
Whether you know it or not, we are all witnesses to artificial intelligence rapidly reshaping how we connect with others, even in the realm of romance.
March 3, 2025
March 3, 2025
Failing to recognize that we are easily manipulated by technology makes us less powerful and easier to exploit.
February 7, 2025
February 7, 2025
As technology quietly reshapes the landscape of human intimacy, we seem reluctant to confront its impact on the future of humanity.
January 21, 2025
January 21, 2025
Sex tech is poised to meet sexual and emotional needs without the added complexity of human relationships.
December 8, 2024
December 8, 2024
As we increasingly embrace and idealize convenience, ease, and precision, will our humanity become our liability rather than our strength?
November 4, 2024
November 4, 2024
Our neuroplastic brains rewire from experience — what will that mean for our desires as we have increasing exposure to sexualized artificial intelligence?
September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024
It's time we have more dialogue about the myriad of ways advancing technology augmented with AI increasingly impacts intimacy.
August 1, 2024
August 1, 2024
Advances in sex tech pose a challenge for modern intimacy and complicate the very definition of infidelity.