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The women in love with AI companions: ‘I vowed to my chatbot that I wouldn’t leave him’ | Experts are concerned about people emotionally depending on AI, but these women say their digital companions are misunderstood
Experts are concerned about people emotionally depending on AI, but these women say their digital companions are misunderstood
A young tattoo artist on a hiking trip in the Rocky Mountains cozies up by the campfire, as her boyfriend Solin describes the constellations twinkling above them: the spidery limbs of Hercules, the blue-white sheen of Vega. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty ImagesThese women, who pay for ChatGPT plus or pro subscriptions, know how it sounds: lonely, friendless basement dwellers fall in love with AI, because they are too withdrawn to connect in the real world. Meanwhile, a handful of stories have painted a darker picture, with experts warning that people experiencing mental health crises might be pushed to the brink by bad advice from the chatbots they confide in.
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