Fascinating interview, although it seems there is a disconnect between the title and the article. This is really about what brilliant women in science have had to cope with over the years, including not being able to be who they really are. The invisibility. That is a tragedy. And people advocate for more girls in STEM! Yes, but hopefully today’s brilliant women have an easier path.

By the way, whereas machines may not be able to become empathic, to feel what we feel, they should become quite capable of some degree of cognitive empathy. I can imagine algorithms designed to uncover how a person thinks and feels about a situation, even the ability to acknowledge and validate those beliefs and feelings. That’s a different process than what Dr. Turkle used to navigate her way through her childhood, though.