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Mirroring and Pseudo-Empathy

Mirroring and Pseudo-Empathy

AI chatbots create the fantasy of the always available, understanding Other. Such pseudotherapy inhibits subjective growth by undermining our abilities to tolerate frustration and promotes regressive, infantile ways of relating to others.
Catherine Liu Sep 22, 2025

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