Where is the line between AIs filling needed voids and AIs replacing humans who make connections with others? 

We already have computers with warm, empathetic voices. Does it matter that the machine doesn’t care, just its designers do? 

Could a machine be a pet? A librarian? An engineer? A coach? A manager? 

A spouse?  

Big-box checkout lines, Barry Manilow, a cyberpunk art-making robot and a Japanese robot seal hint at the answers of this newly developing field. 

Mike and Mark wrestle with the latest: Maybe most jobs will involve AI-wrangling. Or maybe the real value will be in making human connections. 

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