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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 week ago

This article someone posted the other day was on a similar topic except it explored (via anecdotes from interviews— long-form journalism style) companion chatbots for adults and how various companies going under or changing their tech/goals was impacting the people using the software.

Super interesting how quickly people anthropomorphize them— though the fact that people get sad when you name a pencil then snap it in half seems consistent with this behavior.