Artificial Intimacy
Artificial Intimacy by Sherry Turkleby Sherry Turkle
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Recommended as an important, articulate look at how talking to machines shapes people psychologically and socially, with examples a reader can reuse.
Recommended as an important, articulate look at how talking to machines shapes people psychologically and socially, with examples a reader can reuse.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
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Authoritative voice on technology's social effects
“Sherry Turkle is far more articulate on these things in her latest book Artificial Intimacy”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “Artificial Insanity” “She is a specialist in how technology changes us psychologically and socially.”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “China's Regulators Take Aim at "AI Boyfriends"” “Her latest book (Artificial Intimacy) is very good and an important voice.”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Sherry Turkle on "Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines"” Covers more than AI companions
“A good book an such things is Artificial Intimacy by Sherry Turkle, and covers much more than the ai companions that are going to have impact on society.”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “Anthropic is out with new nonsense about Claude” “Artificial Intimacy by Sherry Turkle is a good read on this and covers more than the ai relationship bots.”
Comment from 10 Oct 2026 in “Is AI Psychosis Real?” Explains dangers of machines faking humanity
“I would invite you to read Artificial Intimacy by Sherry Turkle and then reflect on what this can do to people.”
Comment from 6 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Sidekins – Your new social and work buddy” “it's about what happens to us when something not human fakes being human and the dangers of it.”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “When did Google get so weird?”
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| Artificial Intimacyby Sherry TurkleThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Her latest book (Artificial Intimacy) is very good and an important voice.”
“they articulate a lot of what I've been feeling”
“need to read Artificial Intimacy”
“becomes more important each day”
“we get none of the rough edges of human interaction that form us into a functional social being”
“Sherry Turkle has great examples, framing, and phrases you can use in her latest book Artificial Intimacy”
“Sherry Turkle is far more articulate on these things in her latest book Artificial Intimacy”
“A good book an such things is Artificial Intimacy by Sherry Turkle, and covers much more than the ai companions that are going to have impact on society.”
“Artificial Intimacy by Sherry Turkle is a good read on this and covers more than the ai relationship bots.”
“I would invite you to read Artificial Intimacy by Sherry Turkle and then reflect on what this can do to people.”
“it's about what happens to us when something not human fakes being human and the dangers of it.”
“She is a specialist in how technology changes us psychologically and socially.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.