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#121 – Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Journey of Emotional AI

This chapter chronicles the narrator's journey from journalism to the tech industry, focusing on their efforts to integrate banking into telecommunications in Russia. It highlights their challenges in developing a banking chatbot aimed at providing emotional connection, especially in economically struggling communities. The discussion emphasizes the importance of designing AI that addresses human emotions and the complexities of creating meaningful interactions in conversational technology.

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