Can artificial intelligence ever replace a hug—or will it deepen our loneliness? This post explores what tech should (and shouldn’t) offer in real human connection.

Marge Piercy 25. “Hug me and you will see the moon. Love me and I will bring the moon to you!” — Kelly Clark 26. “I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a ...

I was devastated. A year on from her death, I realised Donna wouldn’t want me trapped in grief. So, that evening, when I saw an advert on Facebook for Replika – an AI chatbot designed to be a ...

You read that right: AI, the technology that’s taking the entire world by storm… we only have a general idea how it works. Now, the CEO of Anthropic—one of the world’s top AI labs—is ...

Some men, especially, seem to want to hug me because of my large chest, and it seems more like sexual assault than a friendly gesture. And there are certain women (whom I do not consider friends ...

Some men, especially, seem to want to hug me because of my large chest, and it seems more like sexual assault than a friendly gesture. And there are certain women (whom I do not consider friends ...

seem to want to hug me because of my large chest, and it seems more like sexual assault than a friendly gesture. And there are certain women (whom I do not consider friends) who have behaved badly ...

The whole point of Microsoft Copilot Vision for Windows is that it’s like an AI assistant ... it would be able to do something simple like help me play Windows Solitaire. But no. Oh no, no ...

“I guess I’m flattered it happened to me, and I found it hilarious.” Simon signed up to an AI chatbot on Facebook Messenger, in February. Like Amazon’s Alexa, or Apple’s Siri, they are ...

There’s nothing really wrong with my living room—except that it’s been a month since I spent what some hysteric in my family would describe as “way more than we can afford” on decor ...

As useful as ChatGPT has been for helping me draft long emails, I’ve never felt the desire to deepen our human-AI relationship. Yet, increasingly, this is no fringe idea. A recent report from ...