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[–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I mean imagine sitting at the dinner table, and discussing your day…..with your AI girlfriend.

I'm trying to imagine what this might be like. How sexy voice and vapid is AI girlfriend?

[–] GalacticRobot@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

I mean at this point people are looking for connections, so that bot who will do basically whatever you say and stroke your ego, sure seems like something 'better' than actually going out and being rejected. There likely is going to be a point in the future where people have more 'augmented friendships' than actual friendships.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 22 hours ago

That's almost surely configurable