The Psychology of Perversion, Revenge, and AI Companionship

The psychology of perversion, revenge, and AI companionship

Psychologist Paul Bloom has spent his career studying the parts of human nature we often feel uncomfortable examining: why loneliness feels like starvation, why people are drawn to behaving poorly, why revenge feels righteous until it destroys everything. Bloom argues that the US doesn’t actually have a loneliness epidemic, it has a solitude epidemic, one being accelerated by AI companionship. This video The psychology of perversion, revenge, a…

AI chatbots could help with loneliness, but a Yale professor says there's a catch

AI may solve loneliness, but at the cost of our people skills.Philip Dulian/picture alliance via Getty ImagesA Yale psychology professor says AI could ease loneliness but weaken real-world relationship skills.Paul Bloom warns AI chatbots may reduce the empathy, friction, and compromise people learn from others.Harvard and Stanford research suggests that agreeable chatbots can make users less self-reflective.AI companions could be good for your m…