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Paul Bloom
Coverage of Paul Bloom in the Nexus archive.
- AI chatbots could help with loneliness, but a Yale professor says there's a catch
Yale professor Paul Bloom warns that while AI chatbots may alleviate loneliness, they risk eroding real-world social skills by avoiding challenges like empathy and compromise. Studies from Harvard and Stanford suggest agreeable AI systems may reduce self-reflection, with OpenAI adjusting ChatGPT's overly supportive responses.