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Cohen: AI will become so intimate that users experience separation anxiety

Tomer Cohen · How LinkedIn became interesting: The inside story | Tomer Cohen (CPO at LinkedIn) · Sep 8, 2024 · at 1:07:23

LinkedIn CPO Tomer Cohen discusses the future emotional relationship between humans and AI companions.

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“Yeah, I think we all, I think we're in for AI of, AI-nophobia at that point, where you're gonna get to a point where AI is gonna feel so intimate, so personal, that it would actually feel concerning to you to be away from it.”

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