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AI may one day be your friend, lover and therapist

What happens when AI steps beyond the screen and into your personal life? These TED Talks reveal the surprising ways AI is reshaping connection, creativity — and even our understanding of what it means to be human.

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Bernt Børnich

Meet NEO, your robot butler in training

14 minutes 48 seconds

Eugenia Kuyda

Can AI companions help heal loneliness?

11 minutes 44 seconds

Daniela Rus

How AI will step off the screen and into the real world

12 minutes 54 seconds

Bob Mankoff

Can AI master the art of humor?

14 minutes 35 seconds

Aravind Srinivas

How AI will answer questions we haven't thought to ask

11 minutes 35 seconds

Amy Kurzweil

Time traveling with AI to connect with lost loved ones

9 minutes 19 seconds

AC Coppens, Kasley Killam and Apolinário Passos

What's our relationship to AI? It's complicated

38 minutes 54 seconds

Sara Giusto

The rise of virtual humans — and what they mean for the future

10 minutes 27 seconds

Riccardo Loconte

What if AI could spot your lies?

15 minutes

Catie Cuan

Next up for AI? Dancing robots

10 minutes 14 seconds

Brian S. Lowery and Kylan Gibbs

What makes us human in the age of AI? A psychologist and a technologist answer

26 minutes 6 seconds