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Being human in the age of AI
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
The Paradox of AI Companions
It's interesting because I think that we're again locked in this really paradoxical relationship with technologies where we're looking to them to re-enchant the world. There's something that is very, to me, very old and almost animistic about the way in which we're having conversations with things that we know are inanimate. It feels like such a depressing concession to this fragmented world we built, but I don't know, maybe AI companions are our last best hope for friendship.
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