Writer, thinker, mom, MIT prof & humanistic voice of caution about tech. My new book, Artificial Intimacy, is out in Sept 2026, available for preorder now.
Sherry Turkle
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I am so excited to be keynoting at the Human Algorithm Summit tomorrow, a gathering of scholars, developers, philanthropists, and activists who are dedicated, as I say in Artificial Intimacy, to keeping “AI in its lane.” Learn more at www.humanalgorithmsummit.com.
Sherry Turkle
A pleasure to be on a panel at the WEF about risks and promise of generative AI where the focus was on what is best for people, not what is best for AIs. Can chatbots be made more transparent if this were truly a design goal? Can we make sites that encourage users to leave them and act in the world?
I’m so pleased for the publication of the tenth anniversary edition of Reclaiming Conversation, with my new introduction, a warning about our new love affair with artificial intimacy. And so pleased that @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social’s blog, After Babel, has published the new introduction.
So thrilled to be in Hope Reese's article on books to help you disconnect. To conversation! Needed more than ever! @hopereese.com
In my new book, Artificial Intimacy. I trace the effects of our lives with chatbots from childhood to parenthood, from work to love, and more. I offer both a cautionary tale and a roadmap for being human in the age of AI. Out on September 29; preorder now: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sherr...
I'm very happy that the issue of “keeping AI in its lane”, when it comes to mental health care has come to prominence. For more on mental health care and AI, I have a new book coming out on September 29. Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk To Machines.
I am so pleased to be featured in episode 3 of “Kara Swisher Wants To Live Forever.” @karaswisher.bsky.social explores whether our need for companionship can be satisfied by chatbots. The thesis of my new book, out in Sept., Artificial Intimacy, is that they cannot. edition.cnn.com/2026/05/09/h...
It was such a pleasure to participate in the @medialab.bsky.social AHA Symposium 2026: Raised by AI?. The panel on AI + the Future of Relationships (with me, Professor Rosalind Picard, and Nathan Barczi) was a great experience. Our panel starts at 28 minutes www.media.mit.edu/events/aha-s....
It was great to talk about how chatbot relationships change us with @pbsnews.org @wbrangham.bsky.social, Justin Gregg, and Nick Thompson. I'm struck by the irony of social media platforms increasing the conditions for greater loneliness that they then say only a new technology, chatbots, can solve.
For some, artificial intelligence tools answer questions and make life more efficient. But for others, AI has become a form of companionship – a virtual friend, a therapist, even a romantic partner. I...
Stories abound of people falling in love or developing friendship with a chatbot. But that doesn’t actually solve the loneliness problem.
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