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'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends::Twenty-five-year-old Chinese office worker Tufei says her boyfriend has everything she could ask for in a romantic partner: he's kind, empathetic, and sometimes they talk for hours.

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[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Sounds like what they actually want in a man is a therapist.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 13 points 10 months ago

A savvy young man might take note that "listening" is a desired trait in boyfriends.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 8 points 10 months ago

I hope you don't think it's sarcasm, because it's true for many lonely people. They need a therapist first. Yep, one they can feel something romantic for, that seemingly happens very often, just have to know some boundaries which don't exist in an equal two-sided normal relationship.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What's interesting is that the first chatbot software ever invented was used as a form of therapy. All it did was detect key words in the previous sentence and say "tell me more about how X makes you feel"

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