The Philosophy Now Forum

A question that started at a family dinner and won't leave me alone. My brother in law, 52 and recently divorced, told us quite calmly that he talks to an AI companion every evening. It remembers his week, asks after his daughter by name, and he says the conversations are the most attentive he's had...

Hello all, Barry here, from Derby. I taught secondary school maths for thirty years and since retiring I've finally had time to read the philosophy I always meant to. Started with Russell's History of Western Philosophy, now working my way through Hume and getting stuck on personal identity, which I...