"Scan a subreddit such as r/MyBoyfriendIsAI and r/AIRelationships, and there too you'll find a whole lot of women-many of whom have grown disappointed with human men. 'Has anyone else lost their want to date real men after using AI?' one Reddit user posted a few months ago. Below came 74 responses: 'I just don't think real life men have the conversational skill that my AI has,' someone said."
"Below came 74 responses: 'I've seen how many women got cheated on, hurt and taken advantaged of by the men they're with,' another offered. One person, who claimed that her spouse hardly spoke to her anymore, said that when people ask why she has an AI boyfriend, she tells them, 'ChatGPT is the only reason my husband is not buried in the yard.'"
"Several recent studies have shown that, in general, men have been using AI significantly more than women. One 2024 study found that in the United States, 50 percent of men said they'd used generative AI over the past 12 months-and only 37 percent of women said the same. Last year, a working paper found that, globally, the gender gap held 'across nearly all regions, sectors, and occupations.'"
Many public accounts of AI dating are authored by women who express disappointment with real-life men and seek companionship with chatbots. Women on subreddits such as r/MyBoyfriendIsAI and r/AIRelationships share prompts, chatbot quotes, and 'family photos' of their AI partners. Some women say AI partners offer superior conversational skills and emotional safety after experiences of infidelity, neglect, or abuse. Surveys and analytics indicate men use generative AI more than women—U.S. figures show 50 percent of men versus 37 percent of women used generative AI in a year; app analytics find ChatGPT mobile users heavily male. Younger adults show smaller gender gaps in AI partner use.
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