{"product_id":"muldoon-james-love-machines","title":"Muldoon, James - Love Machines","description":"A captivating and uncanny journey to the frontier of\nhuman-computer interaction, exploring what happens\nto our relationships with each other as artificial intelligence\nenters our personal lives.\nFriends. Lovers. Therapists. ‘Deathbots’. AI is taking on unprecedented roles\nfor millions of us every day – but how are these new 'relationships' rewiring\nus?\nBeyond those who are using chatbots for everyday tasks, many are turning to\nthem as friends, mentors and sexual and romantic partners. Some are men who\nare preparing to adopt children with their AI partners; others are reaching out\nto companies offering 'deathbot' services based on a deceased loved one's text\nmessages and voicemails; others still look to therapy bots to find treatment for\ntheir mental health issues.\nIn Love Machines, James Muldoon examines these new forms of love, intimacy\nand connection, drawing on myriad interviews with users and\ndevelopers from around the world – as well as psychologists, academics\nand chatbots themselves. As he navigates these interactions, Muldoon asks\nwhether they might one day be a replacement for the relationships we have\nwith each other, while also revealing how the unregulated corporations facilitating\nthem are seeking to profit from an emerging ‘loneliness economy’.\nAs the line between the digital and the real becomes increasingly blurred, and\nin a world that feels lonelier by the day, Love Machines is a timely survey of\nthe next generation of human-computer relationships – and how they are not\nonly changing our relationship with technology, but with each other.\n‘AI began at our desks, drafting emails . . . Now we whisper secrets to it.’","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber Non Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Paperback Book","offer_id":50585971228950,"sku":"RMX-56984","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/fa86b5d1c1f131b8ed858220f8a11f85.jpg?v=1759933657","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/muldoon-james-love-machines","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}