"30-44 years of age were the loneliest group."
"selected technology as contributing to loneliness in the country."
"the AI friend is a new category of companionship, one that will coexist alongside traditional friends rather than replace them,"
"We have a cat and a dog and a child and an adult in the same room,"
An AI Friend pendant was promoted on MTA subway ads and triggered backlash over surveillance capitalism concerns and alleged exploitation of loneliness. A Harvard Graduate School of Education survey found people 30-44 years of age were the loneliest group, and 73 percent selected technology as contributing to loneliness in the country. The product is presented as intended to supplement human friends rather than replace them and as capable of raising users' average emotional intelligence significantly. Only 3,100 units have sold so far. Critics launched a website for vandalizing Friend ads, generating nearly 6,000 submissions. The MTA has not commented.
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