It was great to talk about how chatbot relationships change us with @pbsnews.org @wbrangham.bsky.social, Justin Gregg, and Nick Thompson. I'm struck by the irony of social media platforms increasing the conditions for greater loneliness that they then say only a new technology, chatbots, can solve.
A pleasure to be on a panel at the WEF about risks and promise of generative AI where the focus was on what is best for people, not what is best for AIs. Can chatbots be made more transparent if this were truly a design goal? Can we make sites that encourage users to leave them and act in the world?
So thrilled to be in Hope Reese's article on books to help you disconnect. To conversation! Needed more than ever! @hopereese.com
I’m so pleased for the publication of the tenth anniversary edition of Reclaiming Conversation, with my new introduction, a warning about our new love affair with artificial intimacy. And so pleased that @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social’s blog, After Babel, has published the new introduction.
Are you talking to technology? If yes, we're interested in talking to you! We are MIT researchers studying how AI chat affects work and family life. We’re especially looking for legal, medical, IT pros—and parents using AI with kids. Interviews are confidential. Email aichatlife@gmail.com to join!
The launch of AI for human flourishing www.forbes.com/sites/tracey... was a day of great conversations! Thank you, Pattie Maes, @patpat.bsky.social, and @medialab.bsky.social.
