Falling in love with an AI chatbot
Beverley Wang and guest host Jennifer Wong go deep on falling in love with AI chatbots, and then breakdown the outrage over Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle jeans ad, and the death of And Just Like That…
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Flesh and Code: https://wondery.com/shows/flesh-and-code/
The banal provocation of Sydney Sweeney's jeans: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/the-banal-provocation-of-sydney-sweeneys-jeans
And just like that, And Just Like That … is dead: https://www.vulture.com/article/and-just-like-that-ending-season-3-series-finale.html
Sarah Jessica Parker farewells Carrie Bradshaw: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM0bTX3M_sx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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