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Products·2d ago·all news from October 16, 2026

Maybe Chatbots Shouldn’t Get to Say ‘I’ or ‘Me’

MIT professor Sherry Turkle argues that anthropomorphic chatbots, particularly those that use personal pronouns like I or me, pose risks to human psychological development. She warns that this language creates a false sense of emotional connection that can lead users to become dangerously enmeshed with technology.

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