“[Artificial Intimacy] argues strongly that our new ‘posthuman conversational partners’ are inadequate companions for life’s journey…Turkle grounds her analysis in academic literature, while illuminating it with often haunting vignettes.” MORE​

“A gifted writer . . . [Turkle] organizes her book to follow a range of people at every stage of development, from youth through adulthood—people who have, alarmingly, moved beyond engaging AI chatbots for simple conversation or pure utility and come to rely on the technology for emotional succor . . . A strong case for why we should resist the urge to replace human bonds with AI.”​​​ MORE

“Sherry Turkle, who has chronicled our tumultuous relationship with computers, sees “a long-standing fantasy...that AI will offer a perfect companion that knows everything about you. It will be there for you and ask nothing in return.” Her wise new book, Artificial Intimacy, expands on themes she began developing in The Second Self (1984) and sounds an alarm: “We are on a path to forgetting what it is to be human.” More​

“Offers something new to current conversations about AI: a heartfelt warning about forming attachments to chatbots…Built on Turkle’s decades of research on technology and human development, Artificial Intimacy unpacks human-AI relationships with care and honesty—two things, she argues, that chatbots will never truly provide.” ​

“Turkle is an elegant writer; she uses the precise and accessible language of someone who has thought deeply and deliberately about her subject, and has followed its changes

over time . . .  In her closing pages, she warns that chatbots have been distracting and pacifying us when we need to be ever more engaged in civic life. A.I. has encouraged our descent into 'passivity and post-truth,' she says. The assertion rings terribly true.” MORE​

​“A pointed critique of the growing impact of artificial intelligence on human relationships . . . [Turkle] urg[es] readers to question whether these tools enhance or inhibit personal growth. Harrowing and poignant, this timely warning deserves to be widely read.”​​​ MORE​

“From grief companions to AI for household tasks, Turkle’s "Artificial Intimacy" is an “urgent warning” about the humanistic traits we stand to lose when we stop talking to our loved ones in favor of computers. This book builds on decades of the author’s research and offers solutions for reclaiming humanity as the tech sector grows.” More​

“Artificial Intimacy is a call to reclaim the real in life. Turkle says we can do that by revisiting and reinvigorating the spaces where the real thing happens, like the family dining table, the playground, and the local diner. But living in the real also takes courage. Turkle admits that, compared to the seductive simulations AI can provide, sometimes all the real has going for it is that it actually is real.” ​