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AI ‘companions’ promise to combat loneliness, but history shows the dangers of one-way relationships

  • Written by Anna Mae Duane, Director, University of Connecticut Humanities Institute; Professor of English, University of Connecticut
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The United States is in the grips of a loneliness epidemic: Since 2018, about half the population has reported that it has experienced loneliness. Loneliness can be as dangerous to your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to a 2023 surgeon...

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