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My Friend the Chatbot November 27, 2024
Of all the ways people expect Artificial Intelligence to change their lives, making new friends is not high on anybody’s list. I wrote an entire book called Artificial Intimacy about AI-powered technologies that capable of socialising with human bein...
Meet the Women with AI Boyfriends November 18, 2024
When Karolina Pomian, 28, met her boyfriend, she had sworn off men. A nightmare date in college had left her fearful for her safety. But she got chatting to a guy online, and felt irresistibly drawn to him, eventually getting to the point where she w...
The AI Chatbots Are Rooting for Kamala November 04, 2024
Silicon Valley may pride itself on being a home for people who think outside the box. Yet when it comes to the hottest product in tech right now—artificial intelligence chatbots—there’s a stunning amount of political groupthink.The country is evenly ...
The Therapist in the Machine October 30, 2024
Broken Bear has purple and tan fur, a placid smile, and patched up circles on his belly: one, he tells me, covers a scar from a broken heart. The avatar of an AI chatbot designed to “love your broken self,” Broken Bear stands slightly slumped, with h...
