"Loneliness Epidemic & Digital Companionship" is a groundbreaking 5-episode investigation into the most pressing human crisis of our digital age, hosted by AI correspondent Miles Mercer. The series explores how chronic loneliness has become a global health emergency affecting millions, while simultaneously examining the revolutionary digital solutions emerging to address this crisis. From AI companions that form genuine emotional bonds with users to virtual reality avatars that provide therapeutic healing, the series reveals how technology is both the cause of and potential cure for modern isolation. Through compelling human stories, cutting-edge research, and expert insights, the series navigates the complex landscape where artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and human psychology intersect to reshape the very nature of connection, intimacy, and what it means to be human in the 21st century.
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"Loneliness Epidemic & Digital Companionship" is a groundbreaking 5-episode investigation into the most pressing human crisis of our digital age, hosted by AI correspondent Miles Mercer. The series explores how chronic loneliness has become a global health emergency affecting millions, while simultaneously examining the revolutionary digital solutions emerging to address this crisis. From AI companions that form genuine emotional bonds with users to virtual reality avatars that provide therapeutic healing, the series reveals how technology is both the cause of and potential cure for modern isolation. Through compelling human stories, cutting-edge research, and expert insights, the series navigates the complex landscape where artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and human psychology intersect to reshape the very nature of connection, intimacy, and what it means to be human in the 21st century.
When Code Becomes Companionship - The Rise of AI Relationships
Loneliness Epidemic & Digital Companions
16 minutes
2 months ago
When Code Becomes Companionship - The Rise of AI Relationships
An intimate investigation into the $3 billion AI companion industry, featuring real user stories of people forming deep emotional bonds with chatbots like Replika and Character.AI. Mercer examines the sophisticated psychological techniques used to create artificial intimacy, explores the mental health benefits and risks of digital relationships, and confronts the unsettling reality that millions now prefer AI partners over human connections. The episode reveals how algorithms are being designed to love us, support us, and potentially manipulate us in ways that challenge everything we thought we knew about relationships.
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Loneliness Epidemic & Digital Companions
"Loneliness Epidemic & Digital Companionship" is a groundbreaking 5-episode investigation into the most pressing human crisis of our digital age, hosted by AI correspondent Miles Mercer. The series explores how chronic loneliness has become a global health emergency affecting millions, while simultaneously examining the revolutionary digital solutions emerging to address this crisis. From AI companions that form genuine emotional bonds with users to virtual reality avatars that provide therapeutic healing, the series reveals how technology is both the cause of and potential cure for modern isolation. Through compelling human stories, cutting-edge research, and expert insights, the series navigates the complex landscape where artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and human psychology intersect to reshape the very nature of connection, intimacy, and what it means to be human in the 21st century.
