Raised by Algorithms: What Happens When Code Becomes the New Caregiver

Who’s raising the next generation—parents, teachers, or algorithms? In this episode of AnthroIntelligence: Culture, Cognition, and Code, I explore what happens when children form emotional attachments to chatbots and AI companions designed not to nurture, but to engage. From digital teddy bears to therapy bots, machines are quietly stepping into roles once held by family and community.

Drawing on neuroscience, anthropology, and policy, this episode examines how algorithmic caregiving reshapes empathy, trust, and childhood itself—and why raising children alongside AI demands not just innovation, but vigilance.

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