Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines by Turkle. Sherry
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As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of conversation, companionship, and emotional responsiveness, MIT sociologist Sherry Turkle examines what these relationships with machines may mean for human connection.
Drawing on decades of research into technology and relationships, Turkle explores the rise of AI companions and asks what happens when people turn to machines for friendship, romance, therapy, and emotional support. She considers why artificial intimacy can feel compelling while examining what may be lost when frictionless interactions with technology begin to substitute for the demands and unpredictability of relationships with other people.
Artificial Intimacy is an exploration of AI, human relationships, empathy, and the choices people face as conversational machines become a larger part of everyday life.
- Title: Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines
- Author: Sherry Turkle
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 336
- Publisher: Penguin Press
- Publication Date: September 29, 2026
- Genre: Technology / Psychology / Sociology
- ISBN: 9780316573962
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