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Is AI making us less human?

Is AI making us less human?

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What do we lose when machines become our closest confidants?

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Can an artificial intelligence really be a friend? In this episode
of Science Quickly, Scientific American books and culture lead Bri
Kane sits down with Massachusetts Institute of Technology
researcher Sherry Turkle to discuss the rise of AI chatbots and
their effect on human connection. Turkle explains why she believes
AI can imitate intimacy, from empathy and companionship to
friendship and love, without truly caring and what we risk losing
as machines play a bigger role in our emotional lives. Recommended
Reading: Artificial Intimacy. Sherry Turkle. Little, Brown and
Company, 2026 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any
questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover
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produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Allison Rodgers and Jeff
DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with
fact-checking by Emily Makowski, Marielle Issa and Aaron Shattuck.
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