Tag: relational AI

Man working online from home with pet using laptop Ginger cat looks at screen interested in computer Interrupting while working on internet : Generative AI

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News
Date
October 11, 2025

Categorized
Addiction, Artificial Intelligence, Relationships

Tagged
Andrew McDiarmid, Character.AI, I and Thou (1923), Janet Parshall, Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998), Martin Buber (1878-1965), relational AI, Sewell Setzer}

AI’s Sweet Talk: How Artificial Companions Steal Our Humanity

_{Andrew McDiarmid and Janet Parshall discuss the sometimes tragic consequences of needy people becoming dependent on AI-fueled fantasy relationships} _{News
October 11, 2025

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Addiction, Artificial Intelligence, Relationships}

Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer’s suicide in Orlando offered a window into the problem of lonely people confusing confuse digital imitation with real intimacy. Read More ›

Group of young adult friends using smartphones in the subway

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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
February 25, 2025

Tagged
Andrew McDiarmid, Artificial Intelligence, relational AI}

Guarding Against the Dangers of Relational AI

_{Is this formidable technology set to solve the crisis of loneliness and mental health facing society today, especially in our youth? Or is it making things worse?} _{Andrew McDiarmid
February 25, 2025

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You're not solving the loneliness problem; you're creating a false reality that damages people even further because there is no human being on the other side. Read More ›