1 In 5 Boys Know Someone Their Age Who's In A Relationship With An AI Chatbot
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I remember spending hours with SmarterChild for a while in my preteen years. Young people can just get fascinated with things like this quite easily. I grew out of it after a few weeks.
Nowadays I use AI rarely, certainly not for hours. So I don't see a reason to panic about future generations.