Welcome to Season 2 of The Analog Hour. This week, we sit down with Julia Freeland Fisher to discuss AI and loneliness.

She has spent over a decade at the Clayton Christensen Institute studying how relationships shape opportunity. Yet, lately her research has explored what happens when AI starts filling the role that humans used to.

In this conversation, Julia draws a distinction between engagement and connection; explains why the outer ring of our networks (what she calls the "weak ties") may be more at risk from AI than our closest relationships; and reveals a devastating finding about why young people are turning to AI for companionship.

About the guest:

Julia Freeland Fisher is the Director of Education Research at the Clayton Chris ...