# @feministscience on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVJSxGpDTaa
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65473686-feministscience-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-24T15:11:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Feminist Science (@feministscience) — https://gondola.cc/feministscience

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There is debate whether users really “believe” that #aibots or computers have consciousness, but it’s easy to become addicted to the illusion of connection, power, knowledge. Similar to viewing a movie or reading a book, users can live vicariously through fictional scenarios and engage in desires that they may not be able to indulge or acknowledge in “real life”. An AI bot, in a sense, is like a “character” that we “know” is not real, but who can invoke emotional reactions. This can be very dangerous.

Read more on my AI thoughts on my FREE #feministsciencesubstack
https://feministscientist.substack.com/p/when-computers-talk-part-1

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