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My chatbot is my boyfriend. What’s the harm?

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My chatbot is my boyfriend. What’s the harm?


Sherry Turkle’s ‘Artificial Intimacy’ is a book-length response to ‘fundamental lie we’re telling ourselves’






Samantha Laine Perfas

Harvard Staff Writer




October 14, 2026


5 min read










What happens when we replace humans with machines in our deepest relationships?



That’s the driving question b

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