Artificial Intimacy: Technology and Human Connection in Her

In an era that sees our lives ruled by smartphones and other online devices, it isn't such a leap to imagine the idea of digital sentience, and the very human feelings of love and affection developing for complex digital creations. Anthony Carew explores Spike Jonze's terrifying presentation of a future that's all too near.

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