Nadja Spiegelman

And today I have the honor of being in conversation with a renowned psychotherapist and the host of the podcast, Where Should We Begin, Esther Perel.

Hi.

Hello, hello.

People are using AI for so many things, from asking it to respond to their emails to telling it their most intimate secrets.

I've been thinking about what the increasing prevalence of AI means for human relationships.

In a study by Vantage Point, nearly a third of Americans have had some form of relationship with AI.

Esther Perel has been a psychotherapist for nearly four decades.

She has seen human connection adapt and survive through the onslaught of all kinds of technological advances.

From the onset of the internet, to dating apps, and now to this.

An opportunity to speak with Esther is a dream for so many people I know.

But I promise, I'm not just going to ask her how to heal from my most recent breakup.

We're going to talk about AI, technology, love, and intimacy.

Much less risk of breakup with AI.

That's true.

AI will never break up with me, and that's something I want to ask you about.

Light suffering.

But to start, I want to know, do you yourself use AI?

Do you ever use it in your work or your personal life?

Oh, yes.

It's true, because there's certain things that work for our brains that are just so simple and straightforward, such as giving a list of things in three and then a summary.