The Human Cost Of Talking To Machines: Can A Chatbot Really Care?
As we’ve discussed before, AI companies are increasingly incentivized to make companion AIs feel more human-like—the more we feel connected, the longer we’ll use their products. But while these design choices may seem like coding tweaks for profit, they coincide with deeper behind-the-scenes moves. Recently, leading AI company, Anthropic hired an A... See more
Sasha Fegan • 📣 Are We Having a Zeitgeist Moment on AI and Humanity?
millennials. One of the most prominent voices sounding the alarm about the connections between technology and a lack of empathy is probably Sherry Turkle, a researcher, writer, and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has compared the impact of technology on our ability to communicate and empathize with one another to environ
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This incident dramatized the tension in the environment that welcomes sociable robots in geriatric care. There is a danger that the robots, if at all successful, will replace people. In this case, when residents did not pay enough attention to the robot, the people who came with it were taken away. It was a depressing time.
Sherry Turkle • Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
Either way, Lindman had made her point: the boundaries between people and things are shifting. What of these boundaries is worth maintaining?
Sherry Turkle • Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
We can interact with robots in full knowledge of their limitations, comforted nonetheless by what must be an unrequited love.
Sherry Turkle • Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
