Elon Musk is cashing in on the AI romance boom

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Other users of the app have shared screenshots on X showing the character removing her dress and engaging in more sexually explicit content. 

Mr Musk has hit on one of the most fascinating, disturbing and lucrative features of generative artificial intelligence (AI): its power to shape emotions

Smartphones and social media have helped alleviate boredom, but boredom, however uncomfortable it may be, is also a nudge humans occasionally need to seek out a new experience. Eliminating loneliness with a digital companion similarly disrupts a feedback loop that humans have relied on for thousands of years to prompt them to reconnect with others.  

And if your digital “partner” is programmed to always agree, then social skills around dealing with conflict resolution and rejection can atrophy, or fail to develop if you’re underage.

addressing loneliness, but the result is only the illusion of intimacy. The cost may be a further decline in human connection too. 

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Qn: 'The quality of human interaction is diminished by modern communication devices.’ How far do you agree? (Cam. 2023)