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Could AI become a mirror for better relationships?
In conversation with FT AI editor Madhumita Murgia, philosopher and psychotherapist Alain de Botton argues that AI can offer perspective, pattern recognition and affordable emotional support when relationships overwhelm us. He also warns that constant outside guidance can crowd out the pauses in which difficult insights mature; AI should become a mirror for self-knowledge, not a substitute for inner reflection.
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The hopeful possibility is not automated love, but wiser attention: a companion that helps us notice ourselves and one another before small hurts harden.
Source: Madhumita Murgia and Alain de Botton · Financial Times · October 14, 2026Original: Transcript: FT Weekend Fest — Could AI make us happier?AI-curated · Original summary · Founded by James Creedon
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