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What making friends with AI is like

If sci-fi writers are to be believed, we're only a few years away from a world in which some, or ...

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15.22 28 Oct 2025


What making friends with AI is like


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15.22 28 Oct 2025


If sci-fi writers are to be believed, we're only a few years away from a world in which some, or even most, of our friends are artificial. Some might say that a lot of us are there already.

But, what is it like to try to make friends with an AI?

Madeleine Aggeler is Lifestyle and Wellness Reporter for Guardian US, and joins Seán to discuss.


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