AI Wants to Exploit Your LONELINESS - A Video Essay on Character AI
astrei talks about the rise of ai girlfriends: character ai and it's chatbot's have shown us the potential solution for the loneliness epidemic - ai girlfriends and virtual companions like the ones displayed in "her" or "bladerunner" are a similar concept. these are the stories of men who fell in love with AI. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio follow me on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/astrei-cat.b... follow me on twitter: / astrei_cat 0:00 - Intro 4:03 - The Moment Chatbots Changed 8:26 - Falling for a Machine 18:47 - When Dependency Goes Too Far 23:21 - Dopamine 26:52 - Loneliness as a Market 33:40 - i am afraid

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