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SUMMARY:THE END OF LONELINESS?  AI AND THE FUTURE OF CONNECTION
DESCRIPTION:Can a machine love you? Can you love it back? And if millions of people already believe the answer is yes\, does the distinction still matter? \n  \nAI companion platforms now count tens of millions of users\, many of them young adults who say these relationships feel safer\, more attentive\, and more reliable than human ones. At the same time\, the U.S. Surgeon General has declared loneliness a public health epidemic. These two trends may not be unrelated. \n  \nAs artificial companions grow more emotionally fluent\, more patient\, more present\, more perfectly attuned\, new questions emerge. What are we actually getting from these relationships? What might we be giving up? And what does it say about us\, and about the world we’ve built\, that so many people find it easier to connect with a machine than with each other? \n  \nJoin Dr. Jen Hartstein\, psychologist\, and Oluwaseun Sanwoolu\, PhD Candidate in Philosophy at the University of Kansas\, for a moderated conversation about loneliness\, technology\, and what it means to truly connect in the age of artificial intelligence. \n  \nJoin the conversation.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/the-end-of-loneliness-ai-and-the-future-of-connection/
LOCATION:Cambridge Forum\, 3 Church St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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