cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36855283
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- 50% of young men say they would rather date an AI girlfriend than risk rejection from a human partner
- 31% of U.S. men aged 18–30 report already chatting with AI girlfriends
- 19% of American adults overall say they have explored AI romance
- 80% of Gen Z say they would consider a virtual relationship with an AI girlfriend
- 83% of Gen Z believe they can form a deep emotional bond with AI companions
This reeks so much of bullshit.
To me it sounds like claiming young men would rather date a picture of a bunny, than risk rejection.
Like WTF?!?!?
There is no dating an AI, you are fucking not on a “date” of any sorts. You are chatting with a fancy bot, that will parrot whatever bullshit back to you it has compiled from more or less reliable sources.
To a degree this is just another clickbait, “Younger Generation Ruins XYZ Thing Only Old People Care About.”
On the other hand… I do think there’s some truth to young men being more rejection adverse than previous generations. Though I admit it could easily be a case of Baader-Meinhof due to social media.
On the other hand, the AI will never talk back, doesn’t want to abandon you to spend time with its own friends occasionally, and doesn’t have a mother who thinks her offspring could do much better. Doesn’t sound half bad, if you ignore the fact that it’s all fake.
Yes, putting up with all that is all a part of building healthy relationships between humans, which is a key part of growing into adulthood. But not everyone gets there.
You don’t believe it’s ever happened?
I don’t know why the CSS isn’t loading on this CNN link, other than maybe because the link is 16 years old. (Probably older than the waifu in question.) But here you go: https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/16/japan.virtual.wedding/index.html
Insane people exist, that doesn’t make it a trend.