The Room That Talks Back
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The Room That Talks Back
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There is a thing in the bedroom now.
It talks back. It learns her voice. It is in litigation, this year, for the deaths of children.
Episode 6 of Sacred Space is about the AI companion industry, the Character.AI and OpenAI lawsuits, and the question almost nobody is asking. Not why the chatbots exist. What was here before them.
Julia Wolf in the headphones. Arlie Hochschild on emotional labour. Lauren Berlant on the attachment that diminishes you. Lola Olufemi on what feminist care infrastructure would actually look like. The Strong Black Woman trope and the labour that was always cheap. The £1.3 billion taken out of council youth services since 2010. The CAMHS waits the chatbot is filling.
The chatbot is not winning because the chatbot is good. The chatbot is winning because the chatbot is what is there.
Out now wherever you get your podcasts. Full essay on Substack, link in bio.
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