Sherry Turkle

American social scientist and psychologist

  1. I would say the progression is first we talk to each other, then we talk to each other through machines, and now we drop the middleman and we're happy to just talk to machines.
    Sherry Turkle · The 404 Media Podcast · Is AI Making Us Less Human? · 2026-09-21
  2. So you're getting used to defining empathy with something that is truly not empathic, and that is not a good thing.
    Sherry Turkle · The 404 Media Podcast · Is AI Making Us Less Human? · 2026-09-21
  3. I'm not happy I was right because one of the things I was right about is how vulnerable we are to a technology that makes us feel less vulnerable.
    Sherry Turkle · The 404 Media Podcast · Is AI Making Us Less Human? · 2026-09-21