Rob Brooks

Rob Brooks

Scientia Professor of Evolution, UNSW Sydney

Rob Brooks is an evolutionary biologist who thinks and writes about how evolved minds and cultures interact with the 21st-century world. His most recent book, "Artificial Intimacy: Virtual Friends, Digital Lovers and Algorithmic Matchmakers," considers what happens when technologies like AI and robotics interact with the social behaviours humans use to make friends, shore up alliances, grow intimate and fall in love. 

Latest articles by Rob Brooks

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AI could shrink our brains, evolutionary biologist predicts

By Rob Brooks published

Evolution could alter or even eliminate some of the human traits we cherish most, changing forever what it means to be human.

Artificial Intelligence
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A Complex Cocktail: Alcohol, Sex and Cute Monogamous Mammals (Op-Ed)

By Rob Brooks published

Opinion How does alcohol consumption affect romantic life? Let me count the ways.

Opinion
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Cooperation and Conflict in Sex, Reproduction and Family Life (Op-Ed)

By Rob Brooks published

Opinion

Opinion
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Why the Masculine Face? Genetic Evidence Reveals Drawbacks of Hyper-Masculine Features (Op-Ed)

By Rob Brooks published

Opinion Studying sex differences seldom gets boring.

Opinion