00:13:16:17 → Slavoj Zizek 


The new chat bots will offer many lonely or not so lonely people endless evenings of friendly dialogue about movies, books, cooking or politics. To reuse an old metaphor of mine. What people will get is the AI version of decaffeinated coffee or sugar free soda. A friendly neighbor with no skeletons in the closet. An other that will simply accommodate itself to your own needs. There is a structure of fetishist disavowal here. I know very well that I am not talking to a real person, but it feels as though I am, and without any of the accompanying risks.



Slavoj Zizek Philosopher and Public Intellectual