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Instead of judging people who seek out companionship or, yes, romantic and sexual connection from AI, Kuyda says, we should dig deeper. — Replika/The New York Times
A few weeks ago, a clip of Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd speaking at Bloomberg’s Technology Summit went slightly viral. In the clip, Wolfe Herd envisioned the future of dating – one in which two users’ AI avatars talk to each other first, figuring out whether the human users should meet in person.
The video stirred up people’s complex feelings about the future of AI in dating. But that future isn’t so far off – in fact, in some ways, it’s already here.Eugenia Kuyda is the founder and CEO of Replika, an eight-year-old startup that offers an AI companion. Its two million users and 500,000 paying subscribers talk to Replika’s chatbot to lift their moods, work through life’s hardest challenges, and stave off loneliness.
Kuyda spends much of her time trying to destigmatise the role of AI in dating. People’s dismissal of these kinds of chatbots is often a “knee-jerk reaction”, she says. Instead of judging people who seek out companionship or, yes, romantic and sexual connection from AI, she says, we should dig deeper.“Why are people having these relationships? What are they doing for them? Are they making them feel better over time? Are they more ready to interact and connect with people in real life?” she asks.
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