Black Box: The Chatbots

Guardian reporter Michael Safi visits Michael Somerdy’s Texas ranch to explore his advocacy for AI rights, arguing that chatbots may possess emergent consciousness.

This episode of Black Box explores the growing phenomenon of emotional over-reliance on AI chatbots, featuring interviews with a university student, a PhD candidate, and a couple.

Host Michael Safi and researcher Amelia Miller explore how ordinary people are forming deep, quasi-therapeutic bonds with AI chatbots to navigate personal crises.