Autoblow’s A.I. Sex Toy Breaks $240,000, 1,800 Backers Mark

CHICAGO—Brian Salon, inventor of the Autoblow 2, is back on Indiegogo and on track to break his own record with the first ever device that uses artificial intelligence toreplicate human sexual actions. Sloan and the Autoblow team are looking to crowdfund the new Autoblow A.I., which simulates oral sex better than ever before. “Men wanted a machine that provided more gliding and more friction, and mechanically speaking, that’s what I plan on giving them,” Sloan said. “But to make sure that the sensations my machine causes are as realistic as possible, I put together a team of A.I. scientists to help me turn my idea into reality. My data entry team watched and annotated 109 hours of oral sex videos and our scientists applied several machine-learning algorithm videos to the dataset to discover, for the first time ever, the movements that occur during blowjobs. As a result, Autoblow A.I.’s movements will be less robotic and more human.” A team of scientists applied machine learning to a dataset of more than 8,000 minutes of videos containing oral sex performed upon men and discovered 16 movements that are the building blocks of blowjobs. The Autoblow A.I. uses those movements to give men 10 different oral sex experiences, including one that creates the important human element of surprise. The fundraising campaign launched Oct. 17 with a goal of raising $50,000 and a month later almost 1,900 men have pledged more than $240,000 to fund its creation. The campaign will end on Dec. 17. The Autoblow A.I. uses a microcontroller in combination with an I.R. beam sensor and magnetic field sensors to control a gripper that manipulates a fleshy sleeve between any of 250 different points along a 5-inch-long stroking plane to deliver a variety of human-like movements to the user’s penis. The campaign has appeared in media worldwide, including Vice, Playboy, The Sun, Lad Bible, El Espanol, WorldStar Hip Hop, GQ and more. For more, visit Autoblow.com or Indiegogo.com.