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I'm Not an Influencer. So Why Do I Feel Pressure to Post Holiday Photos?

I spent half my holiday trying to stay present, and the other half thinking about how I’d post it later. Sound familiar?

Want to live forever? Meta patented an AI model that would keep your profile active after you die

Meta’s new AI patent means your dead uncle could still comment fire emojis on your posts, but experts say this could undermine grief and closure.

What technology takes from us – and how to take it back

What technology takes from us – and how to take it back

The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort

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Penis envy, the Oedipus complex and authentic paths to meaning: 25 writers, from Siri Hustvedt to Colm Toibin, reflect on Freud’s legacy

One of the more appealing customs of psychoanalysis is that analysts must be analysed. If you are going to put others on the couch you should lie on it first yourself. That way your psychic wrinkles can be identified – maybe even ironed out – before you are let loose…

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When Your Lover Is a Bot

Artificial intimacy is taking over the dating world—and leaving us lonelier

On the Couch: Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud review – the shrink’s shrink engagingly examined by Siri Hustvedt, Susie Boyt and others

Authors reassess the legacy of the father of psychotherapy in a lovely grab bag of essays

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Eternal You review – death, download and digital afterlife in the age of the AI griefbot

Unsettling documentary considers whether the increasingly popular simulations of lost loved ones are really helping the bereaved

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The precursor to ChatGPT from 1966

The precursor to ChatGPT from 1966

Eliza, a chatbot that substituted for a shrink, fascinated and troubled humanity back when it was released

‘I learned to love the bot’: meet the chatbots that want to be your best friend

‘I learned to love the bot’: meet the chatbots that want to be your best friend

Thousands of people enjoy relationships of all kinds – companionship, romantic, mental health support – with chatbot apps. Are they helpful, or potentially dangerous?

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