Senior Fellow, Director of Podcasting at @DiscoveryInst1; Writing in @nypost, @chicagotribune, @realdailywire, and elsewhere. Host of @idthefuture.
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Chatbots don't live the arc of the human life, so the empathy they offer is only a simulation. The danger, says Dr. Sherry Turkle, is that we'll settle for pretend empathy over the real thing. Link to full conversation in comments. @STurkle @littlebrown #chatbot
Andrew McDiarmid retweeted
"Turkle helps us feel all the tensions that arise in AI 'relationships': what people are yearning for and what is being lost in them."
@AMcDiarmid reviews Sherry Turkle's "Artificial Intimacy": lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
Andrew McDiarmid retweeted
"After years of fighting to get controversial curricula and smartphones out of classrooms, it’s time for parents to suit up again for a new battle over their children’s education: artificial-intelligence chatbots." - @AMcDiarmid wrote in the @nypost
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My review of MIT psychologist @STurkle's new book Artificial Intimacy is now out.
"Real relationships get messy and require vulnerability and sustained effort. But they’re also where the best moments of life are lived."
@AMcDiarmid reviews Sherry Turkle's new book on AI relationships: lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
Andrew McDiarmid retweeted
The newest tech threat parents need to protect their kids from has arrived trib.al/ktsGqrZ
In the @nypost, MIT psychologist Dr. @STurkle tells me why children and adolescents are especially vulnerable to a chatbot's ability to get personal, and how parents are the first line of defense. Link in comments. @NYPostOpinion #chatbot
What happens when we start treating machines like friends or lovers? I sat down with MIT psychologist Sherry Turkle to discuss her pioneering research answering this question. Watch our full conversation: youtu.be/jOQrSxy0CGs #AI #chatbot @DiscoveryInst1
AI chatbots have their uses, but if we make them our friends, lovers, or therapists, says @STurkle, we risk becoming "de-skilled" in our people relationships. Turkle and I discuss her new book Artificial Intimacy. Link in comments. @littlebrown @medialab @discoverycnai
LIVE: My interview with MIT psychologist Dr. Sherry Turkle about the dangers of chatbots is now premiering live on YouTube. Tune in! Link in comments. #chatbot
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Chatbots don't care about our well-being because they can't. Psychologist and MIT professor Dr. Sherry Turkle explains why in this brief clip. Look out for our full conversation, out next week. @DiscoveryInst1 @discoverycnai @littlebrown #chatbot
They can help us with a number of tasks, but chatbots have no stake in our social world, says psychologist and MIT professor Sherry Turkle. This week, I’m excited to share an excerpt from Turkle’s latest book Artificial Intimacy. Free read link in comments. @DiscoveryInst1 #AI
Here's a family whose life together is mediated by a smart screen. But we don't need another device in our homes. We need to pay more attention to each other.
