Shocking: How Easily Humans Are Getting Intimate With AI

We’re witnessing a major shift in traditional social life, but it’s notbecause we’re always online, or because our tech is becoming conscious,or because we’re getting AI lovers like Samantha in Spike Jonze’s film Her (2013). To the contrary, we’re learning that humans can bond, form attachments and dedicate themselves to non-conscious objects or lifeless things with shocking ease.– Aeon