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Noah Yasskin's avatar

Embrace the friction! Provocative and insightful. Your essay reminded me of similar themes in some recent movies about AI companions: Robot & Frank, Her and Companion. In the last one, the AI gets its revenge.

emma ryan's avatar

brilliant as always!

Danielle McClune's avatar

Thank you! You are

Anita's avatar

This one left me in tears. The hard, slow work to make authentic human connections *is* honorable. Unpaid and invaluable and sometimes life-saving work.

Danielle McClune's avatar

Thanks Anita. I was just back home in the Midwest and had a bunch of strong feelings about it, glad it came through. Appreciate you as always!