PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Diana Fleischman

Diana Fleischman is an evolutionary psychologist whose essay connects sexual gratification with the development of artificial intelligence. Her research covered ovarian hormone production, disgust, and women's sexual arousal. In 2021, she coauthored an article about eugenics and discussed AI risk within effective altruism debates. She is a research assistant professor in the University of New Mexico's Department of Psychology.

Timeline

  1. 1981

    Born in 1981

    She is born in 1981.

  2. 2009

    A PhD at UT Austin

    In 2009, she earns a PhD at the University of Texas at Austin with David Buss as her advisor.

  3. By 2011

    A postdoc at UNC

    Before she joins Portsmouth in 2011, she is a postdoctoral research associate at the Centre for Women's Mood Disorders at the University of North Carolina.

  4. 2010–2020

    A study and Portsmouth lectureship

    In 2010, she coauthors the article "Oral contraceptives suppress ovarian hormone production" with C. Navarrete and D. Fessler. From 2011 to 2020, she serves as a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Portsmouth. In 2015, she finds that the more disgusted a woman is, the less sexually aroused she is likely to be.

  5. October 2020

    Sex robots and AI

    In October 2020, she publishes "Uncanny Vulvas" and predicts sexual gratification will be one of the great motivators in artificial intelligence's development.

  6. 2021

    Eugenics and AI risk

    In 2021, she coauthors "Can 'eugenics' be defended?" in Monash Bioethics Review with Walter Veit, Jonathan Anomaly, Nicholas Agar, Peter Singer, and Francesca Minerva. During a 2021 interview about effective altruism, she recalls discussions of future people and proposals to prevent a rogue artificial intelligence from destroying humanity.

  7. June 2024

    IVF and genetic selection

    In June 2024, she discusses IVF and genetic selection on Reason's Just Asking Questions podcast as an evolutionary psychologist.

  8. As of October 2026

    Research assistant professor at UNM

    As of October 2026, she is a research assistant professor in the University of New Mexico's Department of Psychology, with research in evolution and development.

  1. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI from 1961 to 2025, with a year-by-year chart.
  2. The United States employs an estimated 53% of people in our data with a known employment countryOur estimates of where AI careers are concentrated now and how countries’ shares of dated positions changed over time.
  3. 47% of living people in our data with known birth and employment countries work outside their birth countryOur estimate of cross-border careers in AI, from country of birth and the country of each current organization.
  4. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionOur estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.

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  1. Diana Fleischman - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. Oral contraceptives suppress ovarian hormone production - University of Portsmouth researchportal.port.ac.uk. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. Disgust dampens women's sexual arousal more than fear | ScienceDaily sciencedaily.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. DIANAVERSE dianaverse.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Can 'eugenics' be defended? biblio.ugent.be. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. FBL #14: Diana Fleischman on Effective Altruism su.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  7. Diana Fleischman: Are Designer Babies The Future? - Reason Magazine reason.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  8. Diana Fleischman :: Department of Psychology | The University of New Mexico psych.unm.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.