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'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends
(techxplore.com)
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this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2024
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After a cursory glance I found a paper that suggests the effect might predate humans. Or at least that humans are experiencing the effect even when the faces are off other primates. They suggest it's selection pressure but personally I believe that we were hunted by a super race of ape like aliens for sport at some point in our evolutionary background. Which lead directly to developing communication and higher intelligence