Re:Show HN: Sidekins – Your new social and work buddy
by verdverm on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @04:08PM
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like almost all of it?
I would invite you to read Artificial Intimacy by Sherry Turkle and then reflect on what this can do to people.
> and get hooked to it myself (from peer comment)
Avoid building emotional attachment to ai software. Do not have it talk with the voice of real people, or at all. It messes with our brains and being in ways we do not fully comprehend yet.
I would invite you to read Artificial Intimacy by Sherry Turkle and then reflect on what this can do to people.
> and get hooked to it myself (from peer comment)
Avoid building emotional attachment to ai software. Do not have it talk with the voice of real people, or at all. It messes with our brains and being in ways we do not fully comprehend yet.