Introducing: Artificial Intimacy from CBC’s Understood

No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp

Lee Camp

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 555 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

NSE Present CBC's Understood. What happens when a human becomes intimately enmeshed with a chatbot? From people who’ve married their bots or who grieve their loved ones with the help of AI, host Victoria Hetherington (author of The Friend Machine) dives into the stories of the people who have invited these digital avatars into their hearts, minds, and even beds. And asks what do we gain and what do we stand to lose? Our intimacy, our resilience, even our grasp on reality? Understood takes you deep inside the seismic shifts reshaping our world right now. From online porn and crypto chaos to the rise of tech oligarchs, deepfake AI, and the broken promises of the internet — we explore the stories that define our digital age with hosts and characters embedded in the heart of the action. More episodes of Artificial Intimacy are available here: https://link.mgln.ai/UAIxNSE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, friends, Lee here.
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0:27.5	As long as there are things to get wrong, this show will be here to help us do them better.
0:33.2	Enjoy.
0:36.0	What happens when a human becomes intimately enmeshed with a chat bot?
0:41.3	From people who've married their bots or who grieve their loved ones with the help of AI,
0:46.3	this latest season of understood dives into the stories of people who have invited these digital
0:50.7	avatars into their hearts, minds, and even beds, and asks, what do we gain and what do we stand to lose?
0:59.1	Our intimacy, our resilience, even our grasp on reality?
1:03.7	I'm Victoria Hetherington, and I'm an author, screenwriter, instructor, and the host of a brand new season of Understood Artificial Intimacy.
1:11.4	This latest season looks at what happens when chapbots move into the most intimate parts of our
1:16.2	lives. Now, here's the first episode of Artificial Intimacy. Have a listen.
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