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Welcome to The Rithm Project

We're thinking out loud about what it means to be human—together—in an AI age.

May 7, 2025•The Rithm Project

Recent posts

When AI Comes to Play

Toy Story's first AI toy is fiction. What to watch for as the real ones arrive.

Jun 22•The Rithm ProjectMichelle Culver, and Alison Lee

“It’s there when people aren’t”

What LGBTQ+ young people are finding in AI, and where they draw the line

Jun 16•The Rithm Project

We've Seen This Before

A Verdict About Social Media. A Lesson For AI.

Jun 4•The Rithm Project and Michelle Culver

How to Clone Yourself

When AI agents do the work and the thinking, what do we choose to keep for ourselves?

May 12•The Rithm Project and Nate Kerr

What Don't We Know?

The 10 urgent questions to answer about how AI will reshape relationships

Apr 21•The Rithm Project

Do You Like My New Glasses?

Our Youth Fellow, Marisol Jimenez, visits the near future

Apr 9•The Rithm Project and Marisol

Nine Portraits of the first AI Generation

What 2,400 young people told us about AI, relationships, and how each shapes the other

Mar 26•The Rithm ProjectMichelle Culver, and Alison Lee

Beyond AI companionship: towards a youth-centric vision of relational AI

Why better specificity and language can unlock better solutions