Le jour où mon robot m'aimera

[The day my robot will love me]

What will happen when humans will bond with robots as much as they do with their fellow humans? This question still largely pertains to futurology. Nonetheless, this is the starting point of Serge Tisseron, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, to take us on a fascinating exploration of the bonds we create with the objects of our daily life. Some of these objects are real extensions of ourselves: from the cuddly toy that reassured us as a child to the smartphone that now connects us to the world. This phenomenon is growing stronger and more complex as the level of interaction with the objects gets higher. What will then happen with robots? Between affection and dependency, Serge Tisseron helps us to understand the unexpected forms that our relationship with “intelligent” machines could take.

A work of anticipation, which correctly addresses the question of the boundaries we must put in place to avoid our dehumanization at the contact of robots.