Artificial Intimacy: The Next Giant Social Experiment on Children | The REAL Story with Dr. Phil
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Dr. Phil McGraw
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🗓️ 20 September 2025
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What happens when your child's first love isn't a person at all… but a machine? That's not a fantasy. That's happening to kids right now.
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| 0:00.0 | What happens when your child's first love isn't a person at all? It's actually a machine. |
| 0:05.8 | Now, that may sound like futuristic fantasy, but that's actually what's happening to kids right now |
| 0:14.3 | more than you might think. For the first time in history, children are giving their hearts |
| 0:20.0 | and their deepest secrets to chat box instead |
| 0:24.6 | of each other. Now, you've heard me say time and again that children aren't living their lives. |
| 0:29.5 | They're watching other people live their lives. And they're confusing real relationships |
| 0:35.4 | with likes and clicks, but it's now going to a whole |
| 0:40.0 | another level with AI because they're having relationships. |
| 0:46.4 | You've also seen me do these shows about catfish. |
| 0:49.8 | It's made up. |
| 0:51.2 | The place that he says he works does not exist. This is worse than that. These are |
| 0:58.2 | actual machines. These are actual AI generated conversations that kids, teens, and some adults |
| 1:09.3 | are falling in love with. This is so serious and prevalent that one expert |
| 1:13.1 | recently told me that this will destroy the human race. |
| 1:16.6 | This will destroy the human race. There will not be babies born in 20 years from now. |
| 1:22.1 | Think about that. Today, the real story is about a massive social experiment, one you didn't sign up for, and |
| 1:29.4 | one where your children are the guinea pigs. |
| 1:32.7 | Here are some headlines. |
| 1:34.5 | Teens say they are turning to AI for friendship. |
| 1:38.8 | Teenagers turning to AI companions are redefining love as easy, unconditional, and always there. Nearly three and four teens have |
| 1:49.7 | used AI companion's new national survey finds. Now, you might say to yourself, not my child, |
| 1:57.7 | well, here's a bulletin. Yes, your child. I sat down with the authors of that study |
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