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Artificial Intimacy — Sherry Turkle’s stark warning against AI ‘companionship’

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From ChatGPT to Replika, the MIT professor illustrates an alarming rise in the use of bots as substitutes for human company — at the expense of personal growth and civic life

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  1. 2026-10-06 16:00 · Financial Times AI
    Artificial Intimacy — Sherry Turkle’s stark warning against AI ‘companionship’

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