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Angela Chen's latest at Vox's Future Perfect is The rise of chatbot “friends.”
Interestingly, sex therapist Marianne Brandon gets to the heart of the matter (emphasis added):
[R]elationships are “just neurotransmitters” inside our brains.
“I have those neurotransmitters with my cat,” she told the Times. “Some people have them with God. It’s going to be happening with a chatbot. We can say it’s not a real human relationship. It’s not reciprocal. But those neurotransmitters are really the only thing that matters, in my mind.”
At this stage of my life, I most appreciate hearing what's going on with friends; an extra bonus if I'm able to be helpful, even just as an understanding ear.
That is just me and my brain chemicals. What works for others' brain chemicals is good - no judgment.
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