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EPISODE · Jul 27, 2026 · 54 MIN

Artificial Intimacy: Love, Grief, and AI Chatbots

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Millions of people are using AI to “talk” to the dead. The phenomenon has left cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket asking what happens when we rely on for-profit AI companies to help us manage something as deeply human as grief? And where’s the line between comfort and self-destruction? IDEAS features two episodes from the CBC Podcasts series Artificial Intimacy, exploring the promise and peril of our emotional entanglements with AI chatbots.Enjoyed this episode? Listen to the full series of Understood: Artificial Intimacy here.

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