"Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, chatbots and AI assistants have swarmed almost all fields of human enterprise, including commerce, business, transportation, communication, medicine, education, music, art and culture in general. No wonder the domain of our private lives is not excluded, even their most private parts-romantic relationships. Since, based on a recent survey, nearly one in five US adults have so far engaged in romantic exchanges with chatbots, it seems very likely that in the near future."
"Setting us up for such a future is the fact that a significant portion of our interaction with the physical world is already indirect, mediated by the internet and screens. Most of our interactions with other people are happening through social media anyway and we get so easily addicted to such interactions. Humans have an uncanny ability to overlook the boundary between the imaginary and the real; there is something about our psychology that lets us animate our own fantasies and easily integrate them into our lives that goes beyond the real;"
AI chatbots and assistants have quickly penetrated numerous domains and are extending into private, romantic spheres. Nearly one in five US adults have engaged in romantic exchanges with chatbots, suggesting growing AI-human romantic partnerships. A large portion of interaction with the physical world and with other people is already indirect and mediated by the internet, screens, and social media, which often fosters addictive engagement. Humans possess a strong tendency to blur imagination and reality, identifying with celebrities and fictional characters and treating representations as social objects. Visual art, video games, avatars, and perceptual manipulations further enable immersion and altered self-other boundaries.
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