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AI and the end of loneliness | Paul Bloom

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AI companions may soon cure loneliness, says psychologist Paul Bloom: a gift for the isolated and the elderly, but a danger for the young, who need to experience the hard work of real relationships. So what happens to a generation raised on chatbots that never need an apology or get bored of a story? Bloom pitches a stranger, more hopeful solution, one that lets us lean on AI without ever losing our humanity.(Following his talk, Bloom joins Elise Hu to talk more about what role an empathetic AI

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