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Disruptor Confessions | Business Transformation Strategy

Disruptor Confessions | Business Transformation Strategy

AI "Intimacy" Is a Dangerous Trap | MIT Professor Dr. Sherry Turkle on Disruptor Confessions

Oct 6, 2026 · 1h 16m

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Are AI companions replacing human connection? MIT professor Dr. Sherry Turkle joins Disruptor Confessions to expose the hidden traps of artificial intimacy."We are moving into a culture where people are looking to technology not because they are fascinated by it, but because they want it to substitute for human connection."Is artificial intelligence coming quietly for our capacity for human attachment? In this deep-dive episode of Disruptor Confessions, host John Ayers sits down with legendary MIT professor, psychologist, and author Dr. Sherry Turkle. Drawing from her groundbreaking research and writing on technology and the human self, Sherry exposes the hidden psychological traps of AI…