Machine sex and other stories by Candas Jane Dorsey - https://archive.org/details/machinesexothers0000dors/page/76...

If we're doing book recommendations, I quite recommend the essays in https://academic.oup.com/mit-press-scholarship-online/book/1... and particularly the philosophical discussion there of whether "robot sex" is an oxymoron, as a robot almost by definition cannot dissent, so it might only be "robot-assisted masturbation"

For any wondering, that book is also available on internet archive.

https://archive.org/details/robotsexsocialet0000unse

That's not obvious at all, particularly given the myriad movies trying to scare us about the dangers of robots taking over that.

I think there is good chance that AIs have already replaced parts of the certain aspects of industry. And with some tuning could probably replace lot more of at least virtual parts...

If you thought all of the money being poured into data centers was excessive, wait until people can order up a proto-sentient sex bot to their front door. Oh boy.

Mostly because selling and/or using it is illegal or morally offensive enough to be penalized by your community if too many people know.

Of course, stone mason