How attachment theory can help us understand AI relationships

October 2, 2026 · 12:20 pm 2 sources

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• How attachment theory can help us understand AI relationships
  Scientific American · October 4, 2026 10:00
  Attachment is the term psychologists use for the most significant relationships that hold people’s lives together

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• How deep do AI relationships really go? Attachment theory expert explains
  Phys.org · October 2, 2026 12:20
  Attachment is the term psychologists use for the most significant relationships that hold people's lives together. But what makes an attachment relationship different from all others? According to the pioneering American–Canadian developmental psychologist Mary Ainsworth, it must meet the…