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Can artificial intelligence replace human intimacy? Gen Z on finding companionship in AI chatbots
2025-05-14 05:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
Gen Z has found friendship, therapy, and even love in AI chatbots. Its convenient, they say. No appointments, no fees just validation, on the go Illustration/istock Last year, after 13-year-old Aniruddh Rais pet dog passed away, he stopped speaking. However, amid his grief, he had a secret companion no one in his family knew about. Interestingly, it wasnt human.In the safety of his room, hed spend hours talking to ChatGPT on his iPad. Hed ask the generative AI chatbot questions such as, Is there an afterlife? or Where do souls go after death? On the cusp of his teenage years, he was full of questions: Could my dog Sushi return to me in another dogs form, as shown in the filmA Dogs Purpose?The answers Rai got were somewhat scientific, but he says, ChatGPT also gave me ways to cope with how I was feeling, and told me that it was completely okay to feel that way. He used ChatGPTs premium model, paying Rs 1,100 per month for five months, but had to stop after the price... [ more ]
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