We built machines that pretend to care and never tire of listening. Dr. Sherry Turkle thinks that's the problem (for us).
For decades, Turkle has studied what our technologies do to us. On Thursday, October 8, she reads from her new book, Artificial Intimacy, a beautiful warning about how our growing reliance on AI chatbots is quietly eroding our capacity for empathy and care (for other humans).
The machines will always be available. The question is whether we will be (for each other).
Advancing Humans with AI invites you to listen (in person)!
Speaker Bio
Sherry Turkle
Dr. Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT and founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. A licensed clinical psychologist, she has spent decades studying how we relate to our machines, and is the New York Times bestselling author of Alone Together, Reclaiming Conversation, and The Empathy Diaries.
Turkle is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship, the Harvard Centennial Medal, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She received a joint doctorate in sociology and personality psychology from Harvard University and is a licensed clinical psychologist.