The Psychology of Artificial Intimacy: Navigating the New Terrain of Human-Machine Relationships
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6 min readJan 12, 2024
“There are people who have tried to make friends, but stumbled so badly that they’ve given up. So when they hear this idea of robots as companions, well . . . it’s not like a robot has the mind to walk away or leave you or anything like that.” — 16-year old girl, NY Times interview, 2018
