MIT professor warns of the dangers of friendship with machines
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MIT professor Sherry Turkle examines decades of human-computer interaction in her new book, Artificial Intimacy, warning against the societal risks of treating AI systems as companions and emotional substitutes. How we got here Turkle began her research during the pandemic, observing people preferr…
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- 2026-10-17 18:20 · DEV Community — AI
MIT professor warns of the dangers of friendship with machines