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Are computers changing who we are? Stories of humans and machines becoming deeply entangled — a woman who falls in love with a chatbot, a man who merges his identity with his online avatar. Explores where the boundary between human and machine is dissolving.
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Humans form genuine emotional attachments to technology — and the attachments are real, not pathological
Spiegel: people form deep emotional bonds with AI chatbots, virtual characters, and digital devices. These attachments follow the same neurological patterns as human attachment — oxytocin release, separation anxiety, grief at loss. The attachments are psychologically real, not simulations of real attachment.•
Technology adoption changes the adopter — every tool reshapes the mind that uses it
Spiegel: Marshall McLuhan's insight that 'we shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us' is supported by cognitive science. GPS weakens spatial navigation ability. Social media changes self-concept. Search engines alter memory strategies. Technology doesn't just serve us — it transforms us.Was this useful?