• grue@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    No, apparently 1 in 5 boys know someone their age who delusionally thinks they’re in a relationship with an AI Chatbot.

    0 in 5 know someone who actually is in such a relationship, because that’s impossible.

    • glimse@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      I’ll bet it’s more like

      1 in 5 boys either knows someone their age who delusionally thinks they’re in a relationship with a chatbot, knows someone who claims they’re dating a chatbot as a joke, or is just fucking around

      There’s a non-insignificant chance the boys they surveyed weren’t taking it seriously. “Oh yeah, I totally know someone dating a chatbot”