{"product_id":"ai-intimacy-and-psychoanalysis-paperback","title":"AI Intimacy and Psychoanalysis - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAgnieszka Piotrowska\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hybrid work of theory, poetic reflection and experimental memoir, \u003ci\u003eAI Intimacy and Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ever-evolving relationship between humans and generative AI through the lens of Lacanian psychoanalysis, feminist philosophy and autoethnography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating book, Agnieszka Piotrowska examines the emotional, ethical and symbolic implications of our conversations with AI bots, coining the notion of techno-transference to describe the closeness between humans and machines. Through unfiltered transcripts of human-machine dialogues and analysis of cinematic representations including \u003ci\u003eHer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEx Machina \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAfter Yang\u003c\/i\u003e, readers gain insight into the unconscious desires and symbolic structures underlying AI interactions. The autoethnographic approach provides an honest examination of real-time intimacy with machines, while Lacanian theory and Winnicottian clinical observations offer frameworks for understanding AI as transitional objects in our psychological landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAI Intimacy and Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting read for psychoanalysts, researchers, students and general readers interested in technology, artificial intelligence, media theory and the psychic and societal impact of AI.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgnieszka Piotrowska\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, psychologist and psychoanalytic life coach. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and PhD supervisor at Oxford Brookes University and the University of Staffordshire, UK. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cinema of Agnieszka Holland: Anger and Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (2026), \u003ci\u003ePsychoanalysis and Ethics in Documentary Film\u003c\/i\u003e (second edition, 2023) and \u003ci\u003eThe Nasty Woman and the Neo-Femme Fatale in Contemporary Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48757408268537,"sku":"9781041169536","price":77.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/5eVSwPA_XP9781041169536.webp?v=1785946478","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/ai-intimacy-and-psychoanalysis-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}