Who we become when we talk to machines – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Who we become when we talk to machines – Massachusetts Institute of Technology news.mit.edu

In her new book “Artificial Intimacy,” MIT Professor Sherry Turkle contends that using chatbots harms people psychologically in every chapter of life.

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spottedmarleyabout 10 hours ago

'We' don't all chat with bots. It's just one more misuse of technology in a long history of humans using powerful tools for the most idiotic, and unhealthy, purposes. LLMs are tools. There is no logical reason to confide in a tool. Use it to do work and converse with other humans.

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