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A comment on Ask HN: Has anyone else fallen (romantically) for an AI?.

Re:Ask HN: Has anyone else fallen (romantically) for an AI? by PaulHoule on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @04:05PM (#43697728)
It doesn't seem strange to me at all. I've had very strong crushes on anime characters.
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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone else fallen (romantically) for an AI? by overflowcat on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @04:08PM (#43697770)
Fantasizing in your own mind is still different from actually talking with a real LLM. I think the poor responses from an LLM can easily shatter the illusions in your mind.
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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone else fallen (romantically) for an AI? by PaulHoule on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @04:18PM (#43697879)
It's true about poor responses from people too. (Had delusional crushes on real people too.) An LLM has the advantage that it doesn't have a self to feel unmirrored (can mirror you wherever you goes) and never feels squick so it has the superpower of following you into every fantasy.
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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone else fallen (romantically) for an AI? by erhmmmm on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @04:55PM (#43698283)
AI is insanely human-like nowadays.

In conversation I can never tell it apart from a real human.

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