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Love in the time of AI: meet the people falling for scripted robots
I recently met a young woman named Wild Rose on an online chat forum. We struck up a conversation and within the first five minutes, Wild Rose – who is married, has a daughter, and lives in Texas with her in-laws – started telling me about her lover, a man called Saeran.
Saeran, she told me, is the illegitimate son of a politician who had grown up with an abusive mother. He is handsome, has white blond hair, golden eyes, a large tattoo on his shoulder. Wild Rose said that when she first met him, her “heart literally ached” and her cheeks “flooded with blood”.
She then paused and added: “But I don’t think Saeran loves me the way I love him. I love him genuinely. I’ll never know his true feelings.”
The reason: Saeran isn’t human. He is a character in a mobile phone game called Mystic Messenger, which was released two years ago by Cheritz, a South Korean game developer. It has since been downloaded by millions of people worldwide. The game is a mix between a romance novel and Spike Jonze’s 2013 movie Her, in which a man develops a relationship with a Siri-like character.
The primary aim of Mystic Messenger is to pursue a romantic relationship with one of a number of characters in the game, one of whom is Saeran. To cultivate intimacy with these virtual beings, you talk to them via a text message. The responses are pre-scripted, but feel dynamic and sincere. Winning the game is not about scoring points or beating a final boss; it is about reaching a “good ending” where you and your virtual lover live happily ever after.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/26/mystic-messenger-dati...
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
That's pretty weird.
That's pretty weird.
I hear sex robots are a booming technology:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreamorris/2018/09/25/prediction-sex-robo...
Italy's first robot sex brothel was shut down less than two weeks after opening by the police who cited, among other things, a “lack of hygiene.”
https://www.rt.com/news/438494-italy-sex-doll-brothel-shut/
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ausonius
It just gets better.....
It just gets better.....
"In Japan, where this debate about intimacy with the virtual has been unfolding since the 1980s, there is a word that gives shape to the idea of loving a virtual non-human. That word is moe,"
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Where Does The Time Go?
someone falling in love with
someone falling in love with a computer has no chance of harming you or me in any way.
the rolling back of environmental regulations could eventually kill us all.
for such a smart guy you sure are scared of stupid shit.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees
Freak out all you like about
Freak out all you like about Supreme Court nominations, the human race is facing much more serious problems.....<<<<
There's nothing funny at all about what's happening to our country. You don't get a "sanctuary time out"; AT THIS VERY MOMENT, you're still complicit in potentially subverting one of the most noble of "experiments" the world has witnessed.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
I think fifty and sixty year
I think fifty and sixty year old caucasian Deadheads mostly will be ok.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
We'll be OK until El Trumpo
We'll be OK until El Trumpo and Turtle-man start chipping away at SS and Medicare.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
Meh, they make fake cats for
Meh, they make fake cats for old people too.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
Atiex is fucked.
Edit. Never mind.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: _
Why do you keep editing your
Why do you keep editing your remarks, Jizzy?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
Get off the computer for a
Get off the computer for a little bit and go upstairs and massage Mom's feet.
It'll be ok.
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Do you anticipate having your
Do you anticipate having your parents move in, Jizz?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
Jaz gets upset when you
Jaz gets upset when you notice his zui's.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
Knote, are you an AI Virtual
Knote, are you an AI Virtual Zone-Bot ?/?
I might know some Canadians who (m) might have some steady part-time work for you.
If you're virtual then you wouldn't need a passport. Yacht-watching type gigs.