{"product_id":"artificial-intimacy-hardcover","title":"Artificial Intimacy (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of the Anxious Generation, an urgent warning\nabout how our growing attachment to human-like AI is eroding our capacity for\nempathy, caring, and the very qualities that make us human.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial media came for our attention - now Chatbots are\ncoming for our relationships.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNearly one-third of adults now turn to AI programmes like\nChatGPT for companionship. For Gen Z, the figures are even more stark: eight\nout of ten say they could form a deep emotional attachment with a machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt''s not hard to see why. Chatbots offer the fantasy of the\nperfect partner: endlessly available, endlessly attentive, always affirming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBut as MIT professor Sherry Turkle discovers by speaking to\npeople who use chatbots as confidants, therapists, carers and lovers, these\nhallucinatory bonds come at great cost. The more we ask machines to care for\nus, the less we expect from - and give to - other people. AI deepens the\nloneliness it claims to cure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFor decades, Turkle has been the leading voice on how\ndigital technologies erode connection. Now, blending vivid storytelling with\nsharp cultural critique, she turns her attention to a technology that has\nconvinced so many that the performance of empathy is empathy enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEssential reading for parents and children, clinicians and\npatients, managers and employees, \u003ci\u003eArtificial Intimacy \u003c\/i\u003eoffers both a\ncautionary tale and a roadmap for being human in the age of AI.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\"In a time in which the ways we communicate and connect\nare constantly changing, and not always for the better, Sherry Turkle provides\na much-needed voice of caution and reason to help explain what the f*** is\ngoing on.\"\u003cbr\u003e\nAziz Ansari on \u003ci\u003eReclaiming Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46152204910799,"sku":"9780316615648","price":34.88,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_1711aa03-f89d-4d71-9e1f-71a8f91921da.webp?v=1790215427","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/artificial-intimacy-hardcover","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}