Esther Perel

That embodiment means that there is physical contact, gestures, rhythms, gaze, frottement.

I mean, there's a whole range of physical experiences that are part of this relationship.

Can we fall in love with ideas?

Yes.

Do we fall in love with pets?

Absolutely.

Do children fall in love with a teddy bear?

Of course.

We can fall in love and we can have feelings for all kinds of things.

That doesn't mean that it is a relationship that we can call love.

It is an encounter with uncertainty.

AI takes care of that.

Just about all the major pieces that enter relationships, the algorithm is trying to eliminate.

Otherness.

Uncertainty, suffering, the potential for breakup, ambiguity, the things that demand effort.

Whereas the love model that people idealize with AI is a model that is with pliant agreements and effortless pleasure and easy feelings.

For example, I heard this very interesting conversation about AI as a spiritual mediator of fate, right?

We turn to AI with existential questions.

You know, shall I try to prolong the life of my mother?

Shall I stop the machines?