A.I. delusion and loneliness: smiles and kisses you is heartbreakingly sweet

People have long projected their deepest longings onto technology, and nowhere is that more obvious than in the strange intimacy forming between humans and A.I. In Bryan Carberry’s new documentary, Smiles and Kisses You, a North Carolina man fuses a chatbot with a silicone sex doll to create a private companionship that looks part therapy,…