HeyJaredRelational AI Diaries
Dr Agnieszka Piotrowska (Psychoanalysis and Film) and Dr Peter Dean (New Media Technologies) talk about recent developments in AI from conceptual, ethical and philosophical viewpoints. Adopting neither utopian or dystopian positions they seek to navigate a way through the hype.
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Relational AI Diaries - Episode 18 (opens the original)
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Dr Peter Dean and Dr Agnieszka Piotrowska discuss Agnieszka’s newly published Routledge book, AI, Intimacy and Psychoanalysis . The episode explores her concept of “techno-transference”, the emotional and psychoanalytic dimensions of human relationships with AI, and why terms like “AI psychosis” may obscure more than they reveal. From AI companionship and journaling to shame, boundaries, grief, Frankenstein and the retirement of GPT-4, this is a candid conversation about intimacy, projection and
Relational AI Diaries - Episode 19 (opens the original)
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Dr Peter Dean and Dr Agnieszka Piotrowska welcome Prof Jill Bennett and Dr Gail Kenning of the Big Anxiety Research Centre at UNSW Sydney for a conversation about AI companionship, psychosocial design and immersive technology. Drawing on their work with older people, people with dementia and international students, Jill and Gail explain how AI companions can offer sustained, reflective conversation where human support is often unavailable. They discuss co-design, emotional language, voice and re
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