# AI and the end of loneliness | Paul Bloom

An episode of [TED Talks Daily](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/160904630), 30 Sep 2026, 29 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67587e77c705e441797aff96/e/6abd245b56d8e12f09c351cf/media.mp3

AI companions may soon cure loneliness, says psychologist Paul Bloom: a gift for the isolated and the elderly, but a danger for the young, who need to experience the hard work of real relationships. So what happens to a generation raised on chatbots that never need an apology or get bored of a story? Bloom pitches a stranger, more hopeful solution, one that lets us lean on AI without ever losing our humanity. (Following his talk, Bloom joins Elise Hu to talk more about what role an empathetic AI could play in human life. They dig into how difficult conversations help us grow and why it might be easier to hear corrective feedback from a chatbot.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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