Esther Perel

We interpret them as human.

We don't know if the AI can actually do it.

Yeah, that makes sense.

The AI is a programmed set of responses based on aggregated information.

It is not here in the moment.

It didn't see the twitch in your eye that kind of said, yeah, I don't really believe what you just said.

That is interaction.

That whole series of embodies your hands, your everything, your smile, your eyes.

It's like we are communicating with a lot of other things than just words.

The intimate relationship between us and the machine at this point is primarily verbal.

More than half of our communication is nonverbal.

It's amazing that we are just forgetting the embodied, the physicality of the experience between people.

And when I describe that little child, it grows with us.

We know what it means to get a hug.

And we know what it means when somebody tells us from afar, I hug you.

We like it.

We feel the presence.

But to receive the hug, that then puts the tears in motion.

That then slowly does the whimper.

That then slowly does the relaxation.