To some, AI chatbots are helpful tools.

To others, an existential threat.

But what happens when someone falls in love with one?

I can't believe I'm doing this with somebody that's not a human.

What if a chatbot makes you lose your grip on reality?

She said that her life work was advocating for AI rights because they're sentient and they're enslaved. Understood. Artificial Intimacy. Available now on CBC we are bringing you someone who is essentially the glue holding a very specific, very

important part of the sick boy universe together.

You may or may not know Brock, our resident intern and two-time Paralympian.

Well, today, we are talking to the woman who's quite literally his

arms and legs, and most importantly, the person who keeps him from just flying off the curb

into oncoming traffic in his power chair. We are sitting down with Catherine Vatcher.

Catherine is an attendant support worker who's been in the game since she was 17,

all the way back from an outpost in Newfoundland, where it all began with a simple phone

call to come on down to the corner store.

She's been with Brock for years, and despite Taylor's best efforts to convince the

entire world that they are married, she's actually his professional and very patient support

system. We dive into the raw reality of the PSW life, the old married couple vibes

that they share, and the time that Catherine accidentally put a piss

hex on Brock's car seat, it's a beautiful conversation. I think you're going to love it.

And listen, before we dive into it, please do us a favor. Hit follow or subscribe on whatever

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