EP98 "What's the future of AI relationships?" (with Bethanie Maples)
Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
How many people are having relationships with artificial neural networks? Should we think of AI lovers as traps, mirrors, or sandboxes? Is there a clear line between relationship bots and therapist bots? And what does this have to do with Eliza Doolittle, a doll cabinet in your head, loneliness epidemics, or suicide mitigation? Join Eagleman with guest researcher Bethanie Maples to discover where we are and where we're going.
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