Computer Power and Human Reason

Is It a Relationship if No One’s on the Other Side?

The Ezra Klein Show, 14 October 2026. The book comes up at 1 hr 17 min in.

Sherry Turkle names this as her third book pick. She says it covers the ELIZA program but goes further to argue that the real danger is not only treating computers as people but people beginning to see themselves as machines—surrendering inner life and agency to technology in a way she considers deeply dangerous.

Listen to this episode ↗︎