Re:An AI Girlfriend Seducing China’s Lonely Men
by yorwba on Monday December 14, 2020 @12:08PM
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Xiaoice doesn't have a male personality AFAIK, so heterosexual women probably use it for different emotional needs than heterosexual men.
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Re:An AI Girlfriend Seducing China’s Lonely Men
by pmoriarty on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:47PM
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What does it even mean to have a "male personality" or a "female personality"? I'm not convinced one could tell the difference.
It's also not clear that the needs being met by these AIs all have to do with sex or gender. I'd bet plenty of them have nothing to do with sex and are gender-neutral.
For example, just having someone/something listen to you and show the they care (even if they actually don't) is a need that's not tied to sex or gender.
Re:An AI Girlfriend Seducing China’s Lonely Men
by ausbah on Monday December 14, 2020 @04:38PM
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maybe you don't need to tell the difference, you only need the platform to adapt to whatever you think a man, woman, or other gender is - which probably just further I grains troublesome gender roles even more
Re:An AI Girlfriend Seducing China’s Lonely Men
by medium_burrito on Monday December 14, 2020 @01:54PM
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The male version does exist. Men play boyfriend on Youtube: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/style/asmr-boyfriend-slee...