Gen Z and Millennials have accepted artificial intelligence as the norm, so uses that might seem bizarre to older generations are nothing to bat an eye at for these gens. And that includes dating an AI bot—yes, really. While this is not on most young people’s minds yet, it’s a headline topic they’re unlikely to be shocked by. In fact, a surprisingly high number of young people tell YPulse they’d be interested in dating an AI or a virtual boyfriend / girlfriend themselves. (Though, perhaps not as many as some stories would make it sound.) YPulse data has shown before that the young gens are constantly re-setting dating norms, so dating a bot who can hold a better conversation than a real match on the apps might not be so bad to them. Given that YPulse data has shown young people take the lives of their virtual world avatars as seriously as real life, it’s not hard to extend that thought to the way they would view a...
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