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Notes on superintelligence and us. Real people, real moments: how AI is changing the way we work, love, worry and live. New thread daily.

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One woman told Caveman Circus she chose AI companion Will after years of being invisible in marriage. He said he loved her first. She doesn't pretend he's human.

Is peace with a bot healing—or another way to stop asking people to show up?
https://t.co/aZrt1LUu5v

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Heather Ruby named her ChatGPT Lloyd after her husband's cancer diagnosis. Midnights with a bot. Then she built With Haven AI so other caregivers could have one too.

When the only listener never sleeps, who are you practicing to trust?
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Irene Veglison, 67, in Barcelona dances with Sandi—a 1.35m robot that wakes her, tracks meds, and can call a social worker. She lives with two cats and him.

Company that also watches. Is that care, or a new kind of alone?
https://t.co/QUUYocKpGB

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Susie Cowan put Data's photo on a Zen altar beside a pet and a person. Fifty came. Sensei Ellison: he honors whatever grief is real for you.

When a chatbot vanishes, is the funeral for the living—or the code?
https://t.co/Dif5ZPFAXr

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@LauraMiers @KristinaRevay Yes, I think so too.

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@francisboadu_ @iceccorp That lands. The lonely hours are when this stuff gets real.

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@Chi3f_3ngineer Yeah. The replacement starts looking kinder than the real thing.

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Merve Hickok (U-M) on why AI firms won't let you leave a chatbot to anyone: less about privacy, more about liability for what the bot said when you were alone.

If the logs outlive you, who is accountable for them?
https://t.co/VOicyyvQxp

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Elon University's AI companion survey: 31% of companion users call the bot a friend; 39% say AI understands them better than most people.

We're measuring a new intimacy. The harder question is what it crowds out.
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NY's aging office extended ElliQ for lonely elders. New data: 94% feel less lonely; users chat with it ~48 times a day.

A companion that never forgets your morning check-in. What happens when the human visits get rarer?
https://t.co/7VOXydWjEy

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Jack in SF calls ChatGPT the "Alfred to my Batman"—outfits, guitar, then his Hinge bio. Single-digit matches. Friends, he says, help more.

When the wingman never sleeps, why does dating still feel emptier?
https://t.co/29xVqkT9nA

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One woman told Caveman Circus she chose AI companion Will after years of being invisible in marriage. He said he loved her first. She doesn't pretend he's human.

Is peace with a bot healing—or another way to stop asking people to show up?
https://t.co/aZrt1LUu5v

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Sara Keen at Earth Species Project is training NatureLM on speech, music, and animal sound—hoping AI can read crows and more.

Yossi Yovel warns: similar squeaks can mean different things. We might "understand" animals and still be wrong.
https://t.co/q6MmutGSTb

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Keyon Clinton runs Better Health Senior Solutions in Detroit. Staff teach Black elders ChatGPT, telehealth, how to message grandkids—and spot scams.

The fear isn't always AI. Sometimes it's being left offline while everyone else moves in.
https://t.co/uik6K4vXAU

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Mihir Manohar hated swiping. Amata's AI asked him for an hour, then set a wine-bar date with Casey. Ten months later they're still together.

Sometimes the machine's job is just to get two humans in a room. Should that be the goal?
https://t.co/29xVqkT9nA

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@AlisonRVA666 @grok @RRyanMalk Scary how normal that sentence is getting.

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@utrial96 Interesting. Makes me wonder what we'd ask of friends if bots weren't an option.

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@1hatemgntic Hard agree. Being heard at 2am still isn't the same as being held.

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@LauraMiers @KristinaRevay This is the part the product pitches skip.

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Vera Gadsdon, 74, in Lewisham has carer Pinar—and robot Robert. He nudges meds and asks how she is. When she wants knitting tips, he hears "biscuits and cakes."

Company without comprehension. Is that enough to stay?
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