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    1 in 4 people are flirting with AI chatbots online, knowingly or not
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    1 in 4 people are flirting with AI chatbots online, knowingly or not

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    1. MetaKnowing on

      “Relationships between AI chatbots and humans are becoming more commonplace. Take [Replika](https://archive.is/o/UNMuA/https://www.businessinsider.com/when-your-ai-says-she-loves-you-2023-10), a dating app launched in 2017 that lets users create customized romantic chatbots. By 2023, it had about 676,000 daily active users, with the average user spending two hours a day on the app, according to figures from Apptopia.

      It’s not only Replika users. One in four people admitted to flirting with a chatbot either knowingly or unknowingly, according to a survey conducted by Sam Altman’s futuristic project, World, formerly known as Worldcoin. The company surveyed 90,000 of the 25 million people on its network about their feelings on love in the age of AI. The majority of respondents said they are still wary of interacting with bots. About 90% said they want dating apps to have a system for verifying real humans. About 60% of users said they have either suspected or discovered that they matched with a bot.”

    2. -not_a_knife on

      If flirting means feeling a compulsion to say thank you when the AI helps me solve a problem then, guilty.

    4. hedahedaheda on

      I do give chatGPT a little emoji kiss when it helps me figure out why my excel macros aren’t working.

    8. A_Fossilized_Skull on

      Does it count as flirting if I tell an AI chatbot to do something physically impossible with a rake?

    9. Frites_Sauce_Fromage on

      To quote a comment from another trend :

      > [The “study” only included people that are part of a crypto coin network owned by sam altman that is supposed to prove you are a real person and not a chatbot, so this is basically saying that 1/4 people who are obsessed with ai chatbots admits to flirting with them](https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/s/jb0CqdwRQK)

    10. kaimingtao on

      In this era, we can assume any online account is controlled by Ai, because it’s hard for us to know who’s behind it. And also it’s the account not the real human behind it. (If you think I’m a AI account, that won’t offend me.)

      Btw, even I am a human, this account is actually the property of this platform, I just open it rent it use it and generate data. Or maybe in the future the platform will decide to replace me with their bot, who can predict. My account may be stolen.

      Any way, my account is not me.

    11. Goldelux on

      If we all live in a simulation, then aren’t we all flirting with AI chatbots and we just don’t realize it? 😮

    13. Joke_of_a_Name on

      This is why people on dating websites want you to talk on WhatsApp so quickly. They have a desktop app that can input your conversation directly to a chat bot.

      Or so a professional scammer can talk you into giving them money so the model working against her will you matched with can focus on videos to scam with.

    14. Mixedmediations on

      I think a-lot of people are disrespectful to chat bots, so ai is alleviating the stress aimed at people

    16. ThemysciranWanderer on

      Even as a woman, the first thing I did with Siri was say “I love you” just for kicks. Now we have AI chatbots.

    18. Spara-Extreme on

      You mean to tell me all those beautiful, single moms messaging me on bluesky aren’t real !?!?!?!?!?

    19. robotlasagna on

      Everyone thinks AI is going to control/reduce the human population by going full skynet and launching the missiles.

      They don’t realize that AI can achieve the same results by keeping everyone on their phone in their bedroom simping on some imaginary person.

    21. ImamBaksh on

      That’s why I play it safe and only flirt with people who have photos and video of themselves…