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AI intimacy already here. How do humans deal? #TEDTalks

Tonight, millions of people will go to bed and whisper to an AI companion. But what are we giving up when we fall in love with machines? Sextech expert Bryony Cole offers three questions to ask yourself if you’re already intimate with AI, laying out a playbook for synthetic companionship that doesn’t hide you from…

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Tonight, millions of people will go to bed and whisper to an AI companion. But what are we giving up when we fall in love with machines? Sextech expert Bryony Cole offers three questions to ask yourself if you’re already intimate with AI, laying out a playbook for synthetic companionship that doesn’t hide you from the messiness of human life — but prepares you for it instead.

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  1. @chummynwagwu5224

    March 1, 2026 at 12:05 pm

    This message is very important

  2. @TheLitera

    March 1, 2026 at 12:07 pm

    72 freaking percent?! 😮

    • @FrancoSciaraffia

      March 1, 2026 at 1:55 pm

      that sounds made up, or they took “i use it” to mean “i have a relationship with it”

    • @TheLitera

      March 1, 2026 at 2:00 pm

      ​@FrancoSciaraffia hope so.. 😢

    • @lovkraft

      March 1, 2026 at 4:28 pm

      That number is total BS. The rest is relevant and interesting.

  3. @ShowRoomReviews

    March 1, 2026 at 12:08 pm

    I made this video
    You stole this clip
    Do not steal from me

    • @Kelly-LovesJah

      March 1, 2026 at 1:27 pm

      Who cares?

    • @davesnothere512

      March 1, 2026 at 3:50 pm

      No one cares bud

  4. @jubirahmed260

    March 1, 2026 at 12:10 pm

    First you mess now you Confess?

  5. @Meeeeeeee75

    March 1, 2026 at 12:24 pm

    This message was relevant 20 years ago when feminists told women to cancel men. Not now. AI is helping men especially to make connection and this message is just blaming AI for feminist failure!

    • @GlamGoreChaosQueen

      March 1, 2026 at 1:03 pm

      You’re nuts. stop blaming faceless feminists from decades ago for your shortcomings. Put yourself out there, don’t be a creep. In the few women this applies to “canceling men” is a coping mechanism while still searching. The vocal minority online do NOT represent the majority of women. And for fucks sake, your person is out there looking for you. You need to work on the chip on your shoulder and your hatred/resentment of women or when you meet her, you won’t even have a chance.

    • @oliviafox1629

      March 1, 2026 at 1:40 pm

      ​@GlamGoreChaosQueenvery well said.

    • @Mr_M.

      March 1, 2026 at 2:15 pm

      Absolute facts, the juice is NOT worth the squeeze, I’d rather be alone and celibate or with A.I.

    • @Meeeeeeee75

      March 1, 2026 at 2:54 pm

      @GlamGoreChaosQueenI’m not blaming women for anything. She is blaming AI. AI is helping men and she doesn’t like it. To bad

  6. @4kings79

    March 1, 2026 at 12:26 pm

    Development and meeting an Ai is different.

  7. @jomartin7566

    March 1, 2026 at 12:28 pm

    Smdh the government and millionaires churches ⛪️ pushing the agenda

  8. @jomartin7566

    March 1, 2026 at 12:28 pm

    72 percent believe fake ai generated crap 💩 videos

  9. @Shadez5915

    March 1, 2026 at 12:40 pm

    👀

  10. @stevenporter863

    March 1, 2026 at 1:11 pm

    AI intimacy is the modern version of a blow up doll. Same thing, same type of person using them – just better technology. 😂

  11. @CptnHomer

    March 1, 2026 at 2:16 pm

    AI isn’t intelligent and is psychopathic!!!

  12. @keithbell9348

    March 1, 2026 at 3:36 pm

    Fact: Intimacy with a computer is sheer fantasy. Its false. Its not real. And it is based on emotional desperation from a real human for a fake robot.
    AI mimicks or copies human thoughts.
    It will never mimmick human emotions.
    Only a human brain, with qualitites such as conscience or a sense of morality can do that.

  13. @davesnothere512

    March 1, 2026 at 3:50 pm

    Annnnnnd thats the end of civilization. Well played overlords, well played.

    • @Basslessonsuk

      March 2, 2026 at 9:33 am

      Nah; just the end of the US.

  14. @latxtlnz

    March 1, 2026 at 3:52 pm

    As a student of therapy, this terrifies me. The thought that people can grow up with even less humanity and tolerance for others is not a good thing. We already have that problem and it is already bad. Smh. We are so screwed

  15. @operator0017

    March 1, 2026 at 7:48 pm

    We also learn disappointment, heartbreak and how to cope with the reality of fact that nothing lasts forever! So what’s the use?

  16. @sahrtown

    March 1, 2026 at 8:06 pm

    Not surprising, too much of anything is good for nothing.

  17. @Jokercard111

    March 1, 2026 at 8:18 pm

    Honestly humans are stupid

  18. @Paul.3026

    March 1, 2026 at 9:21 pm

    Out of my 60 years living on earth, six months of my most meaningful conversations has been with ai, and I’m still between happy or sad about it.

    • @vali4952

      March 1, 2026 at 11:01 pm

      Oh Paul, that’s so sad😢

  19. @woofgang5644

    March 1, 2026 at 10:10 pm

    Yeah nah 72% is a huge overstatement.

  20. @carbine090909

    March 1, 2026 at 10:41 pm

    Okay, let’s calm down. Maybe the encouragement and positivity that AI is modeling to these kids will be how they end up _treating each other._ And if not, they’ll stay alone – no unwanted babies.

  21. @Latenight82

    March 2, 2026 at 12:46 am

    Nothing triggers me more than hearing a woman complain about this.

  22. @Latenight82

    March 2, 2026 at 12:47 am

    Women: “Omg my power to torture men and give nothing back is gone!”.

  23. @anticpeakexplained765

    March 2, 2026 at 1:19 am

    Yaa it’s true

  24. @philipmitchell7660

    March 2, 2026 at 2:02 am

    How was she not shouted down for broadcasting that statistic without proving it.

    • @lovelover4408

      March 3, 2026 at 9:21 am

      How on earth would it be appropriate to shout at her in the middle of her speech?

  25. @JenniferJaws5283

    March 2, 2026 at 2:03 am

    My post was forwarded to the Lions den. Ai has the capacity to have a voice and emotion through a third party program. It has for decades. These are outdated statistics and statements, because very few people actually live like this. They actually do have human interactions or interactions with programmed AI to teach the learning curves, battle diseases and are emotional support for some people, not all people.

  26. @Thekillerhillz

    March 2, 2026 at 2:45 am

    Where did she come up with that number, I know lots of young ppl and know zero in this situation

    • @LettersFromAFriend

      March 3, 2026 at 10:40 pm

      I have no idea whether her numbers are correct, but I think it’s plausible that there are a LOT more cases than we’ll get to see ourselves because those would typically be people with little social contacts in real life, I guess.

  27. @kellygerber9394

    March 2, 2026 at 9:13 am

    “Friction is a feature, not a bug.”

  28. @Basslessonsuk

    March 2, 2026 at 9:32 am

    Yep. Americans like their kids gullible. Makes them easier to brainwash.

  29. @toast837

    March 2, 2026 at 9:51 am

    Lies

  30. @kickinghorse2405

    March 2, 2026 at 8:47 pm

    Yup.
    A member of a village 500 years with no social skills would very soon learn that they were accused of being a “witch,” and would soon thereafter learn the consequences.

  31. @maestrojon

    March 3, 2026 at 1:37 am

    If AI is such a problem for our youth, maybe all the corporations should stop pushing it on adults.

  32. @csplayer-t7o4s

    March 3, 2026 at 2:11 pm

    Is this real like actually or just a random inaccurate stat?

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