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What are friendship and love for? This question arises as artificial intelligence can mimic friendship and provide simulated companionship. On a website called Replika, for example, you can create an ...

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Having friends is essential to our mental and physical well-being. According to the American Psychological Association, the strength of people’s social connections can predict their life satisfaction, ...

So much about being alive is about being in a relationship. Life is defined by the company we keep—our family, our friends, our intimate ones. For most of us, who we are and what we do is profoundly ...