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I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Mike Mann and you're listening to no stupid questions.

Today on the show, could your new best friend be a chatbot?

Mike is a little weirded out by the two of us having this conversation, I mean you're not a real person.

Mike, we have a question from listener named Vivian.

Hello Vivian.

She signs her note with gratitude, so you got me right there Vivian. Oh I already like her. I know right and

appropriately enough it's about a topic that a socially intelligent person might ask so it says

dear Dr. Angela and Mike,

despite being always connected through our devices,

we seem more divided and isolated than ever.

With this in mind, do you think people will start leaning on AI for genuine companionship?

The more I chat with ChatChiPT, the more I find myself sharing things, I wouldn't normally

say out loud and sometimes even arguing with it.

Really? What if I end up with a squad of five AI besties and one day my neighbor brags

about their 15 AI buddies.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this wild and weird future we're heading into, with gratitude, Vivian.

Wow.

So many thoughts.

So I think, first of all, I think this is a fascinating question.

I will say I have one friend who uses the audio chat gPT and basically has conversations with it really but more as a method of like

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