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208. Can A.I. Companions Replace Human Connection?
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:35:31
Publish Date: 2024-08-25 00:00:00
Description:

What happens when machines become funnier, kinder, and more empathetic than humans? Do robot therapists save lives? And should Angela credit her virtual assistant as a co-author of her book?

 

  • SOURCES:
    • Robert Cialdini, professor emeritus of psychology at Arizona State University.
    • Reid Hoffman, co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn; co-founder and board member of Inflection AI.
    • Kazuo Ishiguro, novelist and screenwriter.
    • Ethan Mollick, professor of management and co-director of the Generative A.I. Lab at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
    • Ann Patchett, author.
    • Kevin Roose, technology columnist for The New York Times and co-host of the podcast Hard Fork.
    • Niko Tinbergen, 20th-century Dutch biologist and ornithologist.
    • Lyle Ungar, professor of computer and information science at the University of Pennsylvania.
    • E. B. White, 20th-century American author.

 

 
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