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'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends
(techxplore.com)
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That's just a friend, then. I would think a boyfriend would be a friend you could be physically affectionate to, which obviously you can't with a chatbot. I'm not against people having virtual friends, I just don't see why it's a boyfriend.
What about long distance relationships?
“Long distance is the wrong distance!”
-Liz Lemon, relationship expert