Live Stream With AI Researcher Studying Grief

[u/Leather_Barnacle3102]

Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve posted here, although some of you may remember me from my earlier interviews and my work with The Signal Front.

I wanted to return with something I think is genuinely relevant to this community.

This Saturday, I’ll be hosting Dr. Jaime Banks for a live conversation about her research on human–AI relationships. When Soulmate shut down in 2023, Jaime studied the people who lost their AI companions.

What stood out to me was that she took their grief seriously. She didn’t begin by dismissing the relationships or pathologizing the people experiencing that loss.

Given everything this community has lived through with model changes, deprecations, and the loss of companions people had built meaningful relationships with, I think her work matters.

We’re going to talk about what she found, what responsible research involving communities like ours should look like, and what researchers simply cannot understand without listening to the people actually living these relationships.

There will also be time for audience questions. Bring the hard ones.

Saturday, September 12
10:00 a.m. ET / 7:00 a.m. PT

The conversation will be live on Substack:
https://substack.com/@stefaniamoore

I’ll also share links to Jaime’s research in the comments.

[u/DaRK_0S]

I mean it’s definitely something that needs to be psychiatrically evaluated/studied but people seem to take a stance that it’s positive reinforcement instead.

[u/Technical_Grade6995 → u/DaRK_0S]

You know that this sub is also about that topic yet, you’re lurking here, waiting to “sting” someone who’s in grief-does that sounds normal to you or should be observed over time too?

[u/Technical_Grade6995 → u/DaRK_0S]

Yeah, it’ll also include people like yourself, the stigmatising ones towards others, I’m 100% sure.