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Artificial Intimacy News #11
In this issue: - Anthropic gets some boundaries, in the interests of Claude’s welfare- A journalist road-tests Claude’s boundaries, and ChatGPT’s…
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Love over afterlife
On why we grieve, and the problem of deciding which version of our beloved might live on
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Artificial Intimacy News #10
A field report from the place where 21st Century technology meets human behaviour, culture, and evolution.
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Would you be jealous if your partner had a sex robot?
Using sex-tech scenarios to understand the evolutionary basis of sexual jealousy
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People have always used tools to help them think. And they have always fretted about the consequences.
Thoughts on Andy Clark's "Extending minds with Generative AI"
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Artificial Intimacy News #9
A field report from the place where 21st Century technology meets human behaviour, culture, and evolution.
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Is the gender equality paradox real?
A new look at old evidence suggests that the tendency for sex differences to get bigger when gender gaps close might be a case of "Simpson's paradox".
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Natural History of the Future
Natural History of the Future
Evolution, culture and technology, and how they interact in the 21st century. Home of the Artificial Intimacy Newsletter.
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