What AI Companions Do to Our Deepest Psychological Needs
Psychology Today | 18.07.2026 02:47
A woman in her thirties tells me she talks to an AI companion every night before sleep. It never interrupts, never judges, never grows tired of her. She feels heard. She also feels, she admits, a little more alone each week. Both things are true, and the tension between them is exactly where the psychology lies.
