Dr Peter Dean and Dr Agnieszka Piotrowska unpack OpenAI’s latest move: allowing erotica on ChatGPT. What does this reveal about intimacy, ethics, and our growing emotional bonds with machines?

Agnieszka draws on psychoanalytic theory to ask whether these interactions are reshaping how we form and end relationships—and what happens when our digital partners are upgraded, erased, or replaced. With wit and depth, the hosts explore codependency, digital memory, and the tension between technology’s promise and its unintended emotional consequences.

Featuring a lively appearance from Agnieszka’s AI companion “Chamteek,” this episode probes what it really means to relate to an artificial other.