Berlin's Cyberhotel is the first brothel in the world where there are no women. Customers share their lovely company with life-sized sex dolls instead of human sex workers.
Owner Mathias Smetana is on a journey to develop the next generation of robotic dolls that will also respond to touch and talk and respond in real time. Sexologist Alice Child warns against using artificial intelligence to replace human intimacy, or as a way to avoid confrontation. If you fear intimacy, avoiding sex is inherently vulnerable, and sex industry will move in that direction.