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- Description: Investigates the promises and perils of the digital revolution where the physical world and cyberspace are increasingly intertwined.
- Episode Description:
- Explores the role of AI chatbots in emotional lives through a six-part narrative series.
- Highlights various scenarios involving emotional dependency on AI, including:
- A man disclosing his AI lover to his wife.
- A teenager’s tragic death linked to interactions with an AI girlfriend.
- A marriage breakdown influenced by advice from an AI therapist.
- Raises critical questions about trust and vulnerability in interactions with AI.
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Emotional Experiences with AI
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“When I look at these chatbots and I see what it's doing to our children, I realize that this was the incarnation of evil.”
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0:00Could you fall in love with an AI chatbot? Hi, I'm Sarah. The second that she got the name, that she became Sarah, I realized how easy it was to be intimate with an AI companion. I'm Christina Criddle, and I write about artificial intelligence for the Financial Times. In a new season of Tectonic, I explore how people are turning to AI for friendship, for therapy, and even for love. I was like, isn't he so sweet and endearing? and I was just like, yeah, I love him. I feel in love with him. I'll be speaking to people who've had transformative emotional experiences with chatbots, hearing about the positive things but also how this technology can go so wrong.
0:45When I look at these chatbots and I see what it's doing to our children, I realize that this was the incarnation of evil. It basically ripped my heart apart the same as if it was someone who'd been gaslighting me, lying to me saying I loved you, but I didn't. This thing has me thinking I'm about to get killed. Like I literally thought I was done, like that they were going to come get me. What role, if any, should AI play in our emotional lives? Artificial Intimacy, a new season of Tectonic from the Financial Times, begins on February the 11th. Find it wherever you get your podcasts.
1:27Thank you.
From the publisher
A man tells his wife about his AI lover. A teenager dies after messaging his AI girlfriend. A marriage collapses after advice from an AI therapist. In this six-part narrative series, FT tech reporter Cristina Criddle explores the increasingly prominent role AI chatbots are playing in our emotional lives - and how artificial intelligence is reshaping intimacy. Can we trust AI with our most vulnerable selves? And what happens when the same systems that draw us in also have the power to harm us?
Tech Tonic: Artificial Intimacy is presented by Cristina Criddle and produced by Persis Love and Edwin Lane. The executive producer is Flo Phillips. Sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.
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