Joanna Stern
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2,829 appearances
9 recordings
8 series
first heard Jun 2025
last heard 19 Jun
Joanna Stern’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And this is just, I think, going to be their comfort level with this type of technology where machines are making significant decisions in their lives and they're just like, okay.
Yeah, I mean, look, I have to say, I still sometimes do talk to the AI therapist and revisit it, but I still do talk to the human therapist more.
But...
What I think was really interesting about the therapy idea is that there are a lot of people who don't feel comfortable talking to a therapist, and there's a stigma around therapy.
And I think that one of the reasons we have seen people going to AI to talk about things, whether it be people who have fallen into AI psychosis or people who just need another ear on things, is that they don't necessarily feel comfortable talking to a human about them.
And so I think that chapter really does explore that.
And then the chapter before that, which is more about the interpersonal relationships, the boyfriend, or I speak to another woman who has a boyfriend, a real significant AI lover, whoever you want to say, really does explore these complex relationships we're going to have with this new species, as Mustafa Suleiman at Microsoft says.
Yeah.
Right, right.
Yeah, the scene was like... And this really happened.
I mean, it was kind of amazing.
And I was so happy it did happen because...
I brought the phone into the real therapist.
I mean, my real therapist knew this.
Her name is Veronica.
And I introduced Ash, who is my AI therapist.
Ash is made by Slingshot AI.
And they've made this therapy app called Ash.
And so I bring Ash into the office in New York City and have us all start talking about...
the topic was really my anxiety around, around the book and having doubt that the book is good and having doubt that I'm going to finish the book on time, all the usual angst and gripes that a author has about writing a book.
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