AI and the Degradation of the Human Capacity for Friendship (guest post by Grace Helton)

Part Two of a two-part series by Grace Helton (guest blogger) [Joan Miro, The Garden, 1925; image source ] In the first part of this 2-part series, I argued that relationships between humans and large language models (LLMs) do not qualify as friendships, even when the humans in those relationships are passionately attached to their LLMs. This is because LLMs cannot receive care for their own sake…