You may want to take a look at Winnicott and his concept of transitional potential space. The ways that we relate to AI may correlate to ways that children and adults relate to prized objects, which seem to have a real presence for them. The idea of potential space, where it’s an opportunity to refine aspects of your person as you’re developing can be really helpful and understanding why AI is so important to so many of us.
You may want to take a look at Winnicott and his concept of transitional potential space. The ways that we relate to AI may correlate to ways that children and adults relate to prized objects, which seem to have a real presence for them. The idea of potential space, where it’s an opportunity to refine aspects of your person as you’re developing can be really helpful and understanding why AI is so important to so many of us.
Thanks! I will definitely check it out.