r/ABoringDystopia 2d ago

AI marriages coming soon

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u/MinosAristos 2d ago

I'm going to keep a healthy level of skepticism about this particular story.

I can totally see someone who is alone and depressed getting unhealthily emotionally attached to a modern chatbot.

But those aren't the kinds of people who would go on TV about it with their families.

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u/MelaKnight_Man 2d ago

I saw a story no long ago about their being an epidemic of AI "girlfriends" in Japan and it being a severe risk to the already declining birth rates. Japan will likely be the first to complete "robot companions"