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'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends (techxplore.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] 01011@monero.town 48 points 9 months ago (4 children)

If men did this they would be labeled pathetic...

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 58 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

You're 100% correct lol. Men who do this are roundly mocked and called sad creepy incels.

That said, the culture and dating scene for women in China is pretty awful. My ex was Chinese and had some awful dating stories, now she avoids dating Chinese men. Easy for her to do as she left china, but not everybody can/wants to.

We need to learn to be a little less mean to anybody who uses these apps. They're likely doing it because they see little alternative, yet still want affection. Calling them losers, be they male or female, achieves nothing other than hurting them.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Only thing it does is makes mean people feel better about themselves by punching down.

[–] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Men do this and a company straight up profited from it until they tried to go back to be sponsor friendly and gimped their AI personas service

[–] 01011@monero.town 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ashley Madison?

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago

I'm guessing Replika.

[–] InfiniWheel@lemmy.one 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Aren't we already with this? I never see anyone going "You go queen!" over someone's virtual bf

[–] 01011@monero.town 2 points 9 months ago

This is relatively novel, give it time…

I did see that response to “sologamy” articles - women marrying themselves.

[–] Arcane_Trixster@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago

We do and it is.