Episode · Big Technology Podcast · 2025-01-15
Books mentioned on To Love An AI Bot — With Eugenia Kuyda
Eugenia Kuyda is the founder and CEO of Replika, an AI companion app where people befriend — and sometimes fall in love with — AI bots. Kuyda joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the nature of these relationships, and what they say about our society.
Eugenia Kuyda discussed Alone Together by Sherry Turkle, Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle, and Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Alone Together
Alone Together by Sherry Turkle is a sociological examination of how modern digital devices, social media, and robotics alter human connection, often substituting genuine conversation with superficial interaction.
Discussed“they're really great books um by Sher turle on that uh one I think even from 2015 called alone together”
Where to get it
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Reclaiming Conversation
Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle is a nonfiction book exploring how digital devices, social media, and texting diminish human empathy and undermine the capacity for deep personal connection.
Discussed“another one reclaiming conversation really just focusing on how people are losing the art of conversation levels of empathy that are dropping across the board”
Where to get it
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is a monumental masterpiece of world literature that explores themes of love, family, and societal hypocrisy through the tragic trajectory of its title character.
Discussed“Leo tolto uh most famous I think book Ana starts with you know every family is I'm not going to quote it verbatim but it's something along the lines like every family is happy in a similar way but unhappy in so many different ways”
Where to get it
