Submitted 3 weeks ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.eznewswire.com/newsroom/young-men-prefer-ai-girlfriend-over-loneliness-rejection-report
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36855283
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- Hacker News.
- 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?!?!?
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.
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: www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/…/index.html
Insane people exist, that doesn’t make it a trend.
Why is this upvoted? It an ad for a company.
I don’t get this at all.
I’m horrifically lonely. I’m basically a shut in. I need a hug.
I’ve got serious rejection anxiety, among other problems. But I used to have a lot of friends in the past, which makes it even worse.
I… Get attached to characters, like some in TV or wholesome NPCs in games. I wanna hug them.
I’m a local ML enthusiast. I’ve been tinkering with chatbots before ChatGPT was even a thing, including “RP” finetunes.
I’m the target market.
…And I don’t see the appeal of this?
It’s the same reason I don’t get why guys pay to gawk at (excuse me if this is insensitive) people twerking on OnlyFans or Instagram or whatever. There’s no human connection. Do guys really think thumbs-upping some performer behind a screen is emotional attention?
Same with chatbots. They can be cerebrally interesting story generators, sometimes, sure. Even an interesting ‘mirror’ to bounce private thoughts off of.
But a girlfriend?
I really don’t get it. I don’t get the world at all, and how billions of people seem to think they’re in some of human relationship with influencers or (apparently) chatbots.
And yeah, I saw this is a promoted post, but the idea itself is still interesting.
I'm probably weird, but I'll throw some bucks at an OF just because it's cheap and I think the, uhh, content deserves some reward. But jfc the DMs are weird. No I don't need to chat with the porn girl. Just put the porn in the bag and you can have $5.
Yeah. I get ‘tipping the show’, but not the DMing part which so many seem to be after.
That’s a… uh, different itch, I’d say.
Yes, rejection sucks. But not as much as sycophantic LLMs that don’t know anything.
They can summarize love and never disagree or say I dont know👍
Ooooof, what a dark timeline. I’d rather hear “I don’t know” over BS any day of the week
I don’t want to eat paint chips. Dating AI is even less appealing.
This can’t be real. I don’t believe it.
Been playing Stardew Valley and I gotta say it’s pretty great that I can get virtual hugs and words of affirmation every in-game day from my character’s spouse.
Can’t have sex with an AI though… Yet…
Japan has their top men working on that
We can’t trust the Japanese with such an important problem: most of us wouldn’t want to have sex with tentacles and cat ears.
I wouldn’t be surprised.
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Zero chance any of this is true.
It’s ludicrously irresponsible to even use the language of “date” for this. This is straight up a category error. You can’t “date” a chatbot.
Its wierd to see dating in a owner/property type of relationship.
Is it? Prostitution has existed since forever. Women as property is still a cultural norm in some countries that exist today. We are within living memory of marital rape becoming a crime in the US.
The use of date in terms of prostitutes is also very wierd although maybe common in a nudge nudge wink wink your not a cop are you kind of way.
It’s also, in the end, a type of video game. You can’t “date” an npc. I really dislike the use of the word.
This is the equivalent to a lobotomy
Good news: there’s a third option!
We went from an AI anime waifu being a joke on Archer to it being a multi billion dollar industry way too quick. GenZ dudes need to log off and touch grass.
Warehouse@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
This is literally just an ad for the company.
buckrogers@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Thought this was a promoted post until I realised I was on lemmy.
Canconda@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Jesus Christ he’s off the charts!
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
A shameless one.
The idea/statistic is still weirdly interesting and discussion worthy though.
Warehouse@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Except it’s literally just an advertisement. None of the data can be trusted to mean anything.