#9: A different kind of artificial companionship - Dor Skuler
#9: A different kind of artificial companionship - Dor Skuler  
Podcast: The Deep View: Conversations
Published On: Tue Feb 18 2025
Description: I sat down with Dor Skuler, the founder and CEO of Intuition Robotics, to talk about the advent of digital companionship. Episode Links: Intuition robotics: https://www.intuitionrobotics.com/The loneliness epidemic: https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable-knowledge/24/10/what-causing-our-epidemic-loneliness-and-how-can-we-fix-itSocial determinants of health: https://www.cdc.gov/public-health-gateway/php/about/social-determinants-of-health.htmlFine-tuning AI models: https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/fine-tuningCybersecurity and AI: https://www.gartner.com/en/cybersecurity/topics/cybersecurity-and-aiCharacter AI and anthropomorphization: https://www.thedeepview.co/p/character-ai-sued-for-mental-health-decline-in-teenage-users-allegedly-encouraged-user-to-murder-hisOutline: 0:00 — Intro3:05 — Why Dor started Intuition Robotics7:22 — The importance of a targeted demographic11:00 — Solving for loneliness15:30 — How ElliQ works, technically28:35 — ElliQ and data privacy35:11 — The ethics of artificial companionship 40:22 — Humanity and AI companionshipGet The Deep View — your daily source for in-depth, fact-based reporting on artificial intelligence — in your inbox every morning. Subscribe here (https://www.thedeepview.co/subscribe).Connect with us on X, TikTok and Instagram.  Artificial intelligence is a complicated topic, bound by a number of complex threads — technical science, ethics, safety, regulation, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, investment and — above all — humanity. On The Deep View: Conversations, Ian Krietzberg, host and Editor-in-Chief at The Deep View, breaks it all down, cutting through the hype to make clear what's important and why you should care.