Key Points
Tony Prescott, from the University of Sheffield, UK, argues in his new book The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence that relationships with AIs can support people with forms of social interaction...
When people feel lonely, they tend to become increasingly disconnected as their confidence plummets..
An AI companionship could help break this cycle by scaffolding feelings of self-worth and helping maintain or improve social skills. If so, relationships with AIs could support people to find companionship with both human and artificial others, he added...
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