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Ideas · 2026-06-06 · 38 min · 5,808 words

Weekend Listen: Artificial Intimacy from CBC’s Understood

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One summer evening when she was 20 years old, something terrible happened to Vienna Luke. I can't figure it out, but I do know that it was a violation. Then people started asking questions. What a creep. Who else knows about this?

From CBC's personally, this is Agent Layla, the story of how a victim went undercover. So bring it on, let's go. Let's get a confession. Available now on CBC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts. This is a CBC podcast.

Hi there, I'm Nala Ayed, host of Ideas. What happens when a human becomes enmeshed with a chatbot? From marrying bots to grieving loved ones with the help of AI, the latest season of CBC's Understood dives into the stories of the people who have invited these digital avatars into their hearts, minds, and even beds and asks, what do we gain and what What do we stand to lose when chatbots move into the most intimate parts of our lives? Our intimacy, our resilience, even our grasp on reality?

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