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'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends (techxplore.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends::Twenty-five-year-old Chinese office worker Tufei says her boyfriend has everything she could ask for in a romantic partner: he's kind, empathetic, and sometimes they talk for hours.

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[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago (11 children)

Things like this make me wonder if the uncanny valley exists because we've previously developed computer technology in the past, and it destroyed civilization, taking with it everyone who couldn't easily distinguish between humans and AI.

[–] AppaYipYip@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I like to think uncanny valley exists because of other homo species we would have interacted with in pre-history. Obviously this is just a fun theory since we have evidence of mixing.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The simple explanation I've heard is that the uncanny valley protects us from diseases etc. by making us stay away from very sick or dead people. A bloated corpse is still human, so you need some part of your head to say "stay away from that thing".

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 3 points 8 months ago

Or genetic defects.

"Something about that person is extremely off-putting. I do believe I'm not going have sex with them."

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Some of the modern recreations of neanderthals look like people I've seen in bars.

On a cold night after a few handfuls of fermented berries ... I probably would too.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

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

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