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Can AI companions help heal loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda

Can AI companions help heal loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda

Update: 2025-01-08

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AI companions could either be the cure to our loneliness epidemic … or humanity's final downfall, says Eugenia Kuyda, creator of Replika — an app that allows you to create AI friends. She explores the potential of this technology to either exacerbate isolation or encourage connection, advocating for an AI whose success is driven not by clicks and screen time but by human happiness and flourishing.

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