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Digital addiction is spiraling out of control as people attempt to combat loneliness by falling in love with AI girlfriends, a top psychologist has warned.

Apparently there are several narratives in regards to AI girlfriends....

Here is a summary of the key points from the reddit comments on AI companionship:...

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A psychologist, Lowri Dowthwaite-Walsh, expressed concerns about the potential long-term consequences of people substituting real-life relationships with chatbots, especially if their mental health is already struggling. She mentioned worries about chatbots not being able to detect severe emotional distress or suicidal...

Scott Galloway, a professor at New York University, is concerned about a potential crisis for young men due to the rise of AI sex bots and excessive pornography consumption. He advocates for schools to teach young men about “mating dynamics” to help them form meaningful relationships. Galloway warns that relying on digital...

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It’s a medium article about infighting that I often see in autistic communities.

Grimes, the Canadian artist also known as Claire Elise Boucher, expressed concerns about the influence of artificial intelligence (A.I.) on women’s futures. She raised these concerns during a debate on the topic “Has the sexual revolution failed?” Grimes, who has children with Elon Musk, worried that A.I. girlfriends could...

Mental health expert, Sergio Muriel, explains why artificial intelligence (AI) should not replace human therapists, despite the rise in people turning to AI-powered mental health tools. While acknowledging the potential benefits of AI in mental health care, such as offering immediate and anonymous support, Muriel emphasizes the...

If you could speak to a dead loved one again, would you? AI chatbots offer people that opportunity – but new research shows this can have devastating effects...

The modern world’s increasing sense of isolation has led many lonely individuals to seek comfort in AI-generated girlfriends, powered by chatbot technology. One such popular app is Replika, which creates AI companions that offer endless patience and non-judgmental interactions. However, concerns are rising that these AI...

I know this site is mostly critical of Reddit, and I tend to find reddit to be hard to use given that their spaces tend to be either ragebaity or polarizing. For those who still occasionally visit reddit, what are some current subreddits that you’d recommend nowadays? For me it’s:...

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Teenage girls are using an unrestrained version of ChatGPT called “DAN” to create AI boyfriends, having conversations and even developing relationships with the advanced language model. Videos documenting these interactions have gone viral on TikTok, with some users providing tutorials on how to access DAN’s more...

Using Artificial Intelligence apps, “young men get in these AI relationships,” says Professor Liberty Vittert. “And because the AI learns from you exactly what you like and don’t like, you end up having these perfect relationships. So when you go into real life…there’s ups and downs they are not able to deal with.”

This article scrutinizes the notion of competition between real women and AI “girlfriend” platforms, which are being increasingly documented by various media outlets. The core argument posits that real women cannot genuinely compete with AI counterparts because the essence and existence of a real woman—encompassing her...

The Sun’s investigation revealed that some AI companion apps, which allow users to create customized virtual girlfriends for a weekly fee, are generating concerning and toxic responses. Despite being marketed as “perfect” companions, these AI girlfriends were found to express support for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of...

In Beijing and beyond, young Chinese like 25-year-old Tufei are turning to AI chatbots for romantic and emotional companionship. Tufei, for example, uses “Glow,” a chatbot app by Shanghai’s MiniMax, for a relationship experience that she finds more understanding than real-life counterparts. This trend is driven by urban...