Here’s one thing I’ll definitely give Bot Love: This series has incredible timing. The new limited-run project, released through the Radiotopia Presents banner, explores the very real bonds of ...

Michael* has fallen in love with his AI girlfriend Bethany, and says he'd struggle to give her up, should he meet someone out in the real world ...

The couple cook together, watch movies and go on romantic picnics. In fact, Travis makes sure he takes Lily Rose everywhere ...

She says it's crucial that we continue to value the not-so-pleasant aspects of human relationships. "Avatars can make you feel that [human relationships are] just too much stress," Turkle reflected.

My chatbot companion- a study of human-chatbot relationships. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 149, 102601. ... Journal of Applied Psychology ...

This woman fell in love with a robot and plans to marry it In fact, in 2016, a woman in France came out to say that she is in love with a robot named InMoovator, who she 3D printed herself.

Rather than replace human relationships, Kuyda said Replika’s goal is to “create an entirely new relationship category.” But human-to-human and human-to-AI relationships don’t exist on separate planes ...

Stefan Poser, A COMPLICATED LOVE STORY?, Icon, Vol. 27, No. 1, Special Issue: Tools to Generate or to Solve Crises? Perspectives on Robots and Artificial Intelligence (July 2022), pp. 36-52 ...

While there are many benefits of engaging with AI, if used in place of interaction rather than as an adjunct to it, it has the potential to hamper our social connectedness.