1 in 5 High Schoolers Has Had a Romantic AI Relationship/knows Someone Who Has
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A recent survey found that 1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship or knows someone who has, sparking discussions about the implications of AI on teenage relationships and social norms.
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eimrine
3 months ago
1 replyI know a women who told that LLM is the best psychotherapist, better than friends or payed specialist... When I was in childhood I was sure that psychotherapist will be the last industry to get shortened due to must-be AI revolution.
sybercecurity
3 months ago
There were stories like that about the old Eliza program. All it did was reframe what was typed into a question but that was enough to get some people to talk about their feelings and, in some cases, work through issues. So I can see an LLM being a better version of Eliza.
Bender
3 months ago
This is just a gut feeling but sharing pillow talk with Corporations and Governments just feels like a really bad idea that may come back to bite some people in the back-side one day. I knew a human for hire that would extract pillow talk from executives. AI could be a much more efficient version of this.
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