20 minutesConnected, but alone? | Sherry Turkle
Articulate the difference between connection and companionship Turkle describes, and apply it to an AI chat habit.
BeginnerMeaning, Ethics & Agency
Griefbots offer AI connections with deceased loved ones
Scientific American. A Science Quickly segment interviews a researcher about ethics and psychological concerns around 'griefbots' that simulate deceased loved ones - useful caution beside the article.
AI Expert note
Scientific American's Science Quickly podcast video; informational context only, not a grief-processing tool or therapy substitute.
What you should get from this
Name one risk or concern the segment raises about AI chatbots that simulate a deceased loved one - without treating the podcast as clinical grief advice.
Watch or know first
Sensitive topic; best watched when not in acute grief.
Last reviewed: Jul 31, 2026
Watch next
Continue through the same learning path with the next curated companion videos.
20 minutes
57 minutesFriend or Foe? Living with and Learning from Artificial Intelligence
Identify two specific risks of AI companion apps for children discussed by the panel.
New to AIParenting & Education
13 minutesThe era of blind faith in big data must end | Cathy O'Neil
Name risks O'Neil associates with harmful scoring systems (for example opacity, scale, and damage) without treating the talk as a complete technical definition.
BeginnerMeaning, Ethics & Agency