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'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends (techxplore.com)

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'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends::Twenty-five-year-old Chinese office worker Tufei says her boyfriend has everything she could ask for in a romantic partner: he's kind, empathetic, and sometimes they talk for hours.

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[–] ogmios 15 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Things like this make me wonder if the uncanny valley exists because we've previously developed computer technology in the past, and it destroyed civilization, taking with it everyone who couldn't easily distinguish between humans and AI.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

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