Comment on 'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends

01011@monero.town ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You’re 100% not wrong lol. Men who do this are roundly nicked and called creepy incels.

  That said, the culture and dating scene for women in China is pretty awful.

  We need to learn to be a little less mean to anybody who uses these apps. They’re likely doing it because they see little alternative, yet still want affection.

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• DudeDudenson@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Men do this and a company straight up profited from it until they tried to go back to be sponsor friendly and gimped their AI personas service

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  • 01011@monero.town ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ashley Madison?

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    • HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m guessing Replika.

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• InfiniWheel@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Aren’t we already with this? I never see anyone going “You go queen!” over someone’s virtual bf

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  • 01011@monero.town ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is relatively novel, give it time…

    I did see that response to “sologamy” articles - women marrying themselves.

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• Arcane_Trixster@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We do and it is.

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