“Help: I Fell in Love With My AI,” by Blakesley Rhett, Jerk Magazine, November 11, 2025,
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When tuning into Flesh and Code, a podcast that shares true stories of humans falling in love with their AI, Upstate Medical University bioethics professor Şerife Tekin was shocked at the retelling of intense human and AI relationships. Hearing the experience of the podcast’s guests, Tekin said she felt sorry for the individuals who thought the only thing they had to turn to was AI.
“You kind of get information about these individuals and their lives and their hardships,” Tekin said. “They don’t really have access to a big community, maybe they don’t have the financial resources. They really seem isolated and AI and these companion bots are almost like this perfect replacement for what they’re missing. That made me really sad.”