{"product_id":"artificial-intimacy-who-we-become-when-we-talk-to-machines-9780316573962","title":"Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines by Turkle, Sherry","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A love letter to humanity written by a woman of brilliance and heart.\"―Priya Parker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReclaiming Conversation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, an urgent warning about how our ever-increasing reliance on AI chatbots is eroding our capacity for the very qualities that make us human.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf social media came for our attention, artificial intelligence is now coming for our capacity for attachment. Chatbots offer themselves as best friends, lovers, and psychotherapists--but when we allow AI to fill these roles, we accept as sufficient its mere performance of intimacy, empathy, and love. We begin to think that pretend empathy is empathy enough. The consequences are profound and troubling: Technology, by offering to do everything, is teaching us that we neither need nor have the capacity to take risks, have hard conversations, struggle through uncertainty and insecurity, or rely on our own faculties and judgment. In the process, it is producing a generation more alienated, depressed, and lonely than ever before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eArtificial Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e, Sherry Turkle--the psychologist who pioneered our understanding of human-computer relationships--draws on vivid stories as well as decades of experience as a chronicler and analyst of digital culture to present an urgent warning about what these \"perfect\" companions are doing to our minds and relationships. Tracing our new habit of talking to machines through the human lifecycle--from children's earliest attachments to how we face death--Turkle offers both a cautionary tale and a roadmap for reclaiming our humanity in the age of AI. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A necessary exploration of what happens when we seek the comforts of connection over the demands of relationships.\"―Esther Perel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Turkle is] the most qualified member of Team Humanity to call us back to our senses, and to each other.\"―Jonathan Haidt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sherry Turkle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.56h x 6.25w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316573962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSherry Turkle\u003c\/b\u003e is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. A leading expert in humans' relationship with digital objects, she continues to revolutionize our understanding of the role of technology on psychology and culture. She is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAlone Together, Reclaiming Conversation, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Empathy Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e. Turkle's most recent book is \u003ci\u003eArtificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk To Machines \u003c\/i\u003e(Little, Brown September 29, 2026) and is available for preorder now. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTurkle is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship, the Harvard Centennial Medal, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She received a joint doctorate in sociology and personality psychology from Harvard University and is a licensed clinical psychologist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To view the \u003ci\u003eArtificial Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e event schedule, please visit sherryturkle.com.","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67646328078489,"sku":"9780316573962","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/9780316573962.jpg?v=1791580311","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/artificial-intimacy-who-we-become-when-we-talk-to-machines-9780316573962","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}