Sherry Turkle on AI
3 quotes from Sherry Turkle on the wall, 2024 to 2026, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include wbur.org, NPR, the Guardian.
- 2026
The bot doesn't care whether you have pasta for lunch, or kill yourself
Sherry Turkle, author of 'Artificial Intimacy,' speaking to WBUR's Here & Now in September 2026 about human-AI relationships.
What it refers to
AI chatbots that people form emotional or romantic relationships with, discussed in her book on human-AI intimacy.
Other voices
- It cannot say mmh and mean itHouda Nait El Barj30 September 2026
- It doesn't know what it feels like to sit in a packed airport at midnightManika Juneja30 September 2026
- You can't be in the world with them like you can with a dog or an octopusMurray Shanahan27 September 2026
- AIs do not have rights, feelings, or consciousnessMustafa SuleymanBuilder1 October 2026
- 2024
I call this pretend empathy, because the machine does not empathize with you
Sherry Turkle on NPR's Body Electric in July 2024, on relationships with AI chatbots. Her next sentence: "It does not care about you."
NPRIf a bot relationship feels real, should we care that it’s not?
Sherry Turkle, MIT professor, commenting in the Guardian (2024) on AI 'grieftech' services that recreate deceased loved ones as chatbots.
What it refers to
AI chatbots that simulate deceased loved ones so mourners can keep talking to them indefinitely.
Other voices
- You can. It's called deathRev. Philip Larrey30 April 2024
- It will never replace a rabbi because it lacks a soulRabbi Josh Franklin31 May 2024
- The mirror-body is not a body at allShannon VallorThinker28 August 2024
- AI is cold, it doesn't love usCatrin MisselhornThinker6 April 2024
- What distinguishes humans from machines?Bishop Paul Tighe30 April 2024
the Guardian‘I felt I was talking to him’: are AI personas of the dead a blessing or a curse?