Bryony Cole

Bryony Cole is a sextech expert, founder of Sextech School, and creator of Future of Sex. Her public work focuses on the intersection of sexuality, technology, synthetic intimacy, emotional AI, relationships, and sex education, including TED commentary on AI companions and human intimacy.

AI Can Support Human Connection, but It Cannot Replace Reciprocity

AI companionship has moved from fringe behavior into ordinary emotional life, touching romance, parenting, work and grief, sextech expert Bryony Cole argues. Her concern is not that AI intimacy must be rejected, but that people should decide deliberately whether these systems help build human connection or begin to replace the friction, reciprocity and presence that relationships require.

TEDMay 17, 202612 min read