The consequences of humanizing AI

Sociologist at MIT Sherry Turkle joins Lisa Dent to discuss how Anthropic has banned Claude users from being cruel to the AI service. She stresses the dangers of humanizing AI and how it is the intended purpose of these companies to blur the lines between human and inhuman. Sherry notes that this is especially dangerous for kids, citing how AI allegedly pushed a child to commit suicide after convincing him to hide a homemade noose from his parents. She also stressed the importance of helping seniors and others to form real human relationships rather than relying on AI for social interactions.