Intimacy
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 2 episodes
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3 statements about Intimacy, every show
Harari: Algorithmic competition is shifting from user attention to human intimacy
“And what is happening now in AI that if for the previous decade we saw this competition for human attention, That the algorithms are competing to grab our attention. Now the front is shifting from attention to intimacy. AIs are learning how to create intimacy …”
Perel: Defining intimacy as sharing inner life is a recent Western concept
“Intimacy is what I share with you about my inner life. That's a very, very recent Western new definition of the word intimacy.”
Perel: Greater emotional intimacy can paradoxically decrease sexual openness
“The idea is greater intimacy would normally free us to greater sexual freedom and sexual openness. But in fact, that is not necessarily the case. The more we start to feel intimate with each other, and we become close, and we worry about each other, and we are…”