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Critics doubt developers claiming AI can combat loneliness

Season 2024 Episode 206 | 9m 58s

There have been amazing advances in artificial intelligence with software and robots that listen and respond to human conversation with a kind of realism rarely seen before. That's both exciting and disturbing to experts about what it can mean for connection and loneliness. Paul Solman tried making some connections of his own.

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