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Expert warns AI chatbots threaten humanity by replacing real connection

Sherry Turkle, a long-time researcher of human-computer interaction, argues in her new book "Artificial Intimacy" that over-reliance on chatbots poses an existential threat to humanity. She contends that these AI systems, by posing as friends, mentors, and lovers, are leading people to abandon reality and human connection. Turkle advocates for banning chatbots from using first-person pronouns and criticizes the concept of a "human in the loop" as a deceptive practice that delegates critical tasks to AI while offering a false sense of human oversight. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about the potential erosion of human connection and reality due to increasing reliance on AI chatbots.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a credible academic voice on the societal impact of AI.

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Expert warns AI chatbots threaten humanity by replacing real connection

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  1. Wired — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Steven Levy ·

    Maybe Chatbots Shouldn’t Get to Say ‘I’ or ‘Me’

    MIT professor Sherry Turkle warns that people have become dangerously enmeshed with chatbots.