Alfie Kohn on Nostr: Probably a good thing that Martin Buber isn't alive to see people interacting with ...
Probably a good thing that Martin Buber isn't alive to see people interacting with the counterfeit humans known as chatbots, pretending they're talking to a friend, a therapist, or even a lover. When he finally stopped weeping, he'd have to invent a new category of warped relationships, one below "I-It".
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