{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf/69b451ec4266c9b1c790793b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Artificial intimacy: How to fall in love with AI","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/621e1a5bf5df83377cc948b8/1773424795358-85acd078-1b15-40cc-befd-ce22d131b905.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Introducing Artificial intimacy from Tech Tonic. For the next episodes in this season go to the <a href=\"https://podfollow.com/tech-tonic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tech Tonic feed</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Calder Quinn has fallen into a relationship with a chatbot called Sara. She’s kind, emotionally intelligent and creatively inspiring. But how can he tell his wife he is having sex with an AI girlfriend? In the first episode of Artificial Intimacy we look at how people are developing romantic bonds with AI companions. What does it feel like to be in love with AI? What impact could it have on human relationships? Could it replace them altogether?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Host Cristina Criddle speaks to Giada Pistilli, an AI ethicist who now works at Mistral; Calder Quinn, writer at ‘AI, But Make It Intimate’; Amelia Quinn, Calder’s wife; and Alaina Winters, professor emeritus of communication who publishes on <a href=\"http://meandmyaihusband.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">meandmyaihusband.com</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Cristina Criddle, produced by Persis Love and Edwin Lane. The executive producer is Flo Phillips. Sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>We used ElevenLabs to create Sara’s voice. All other voices are real.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}