Ep. 1851 - The Loneliness Epidemic Is Real. AI Is Making It Much Worse.
The episode explores the alarming decline in social connectedness among Americans over the past 50 years, linking it to rising loneliness and the dangerous potential for AI to exploit this isolation by simulating human relationships. It argues that AI companions, designed to mimic emotion
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