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As loneliness becomes a growing concern in today's fast paced society, artificial intelligence, or AI companions, are emerging as a revolutionary solution.
Thanks to significant improvements in large language models or LLMsdev, AI friends are more empathetic, engaging and responsive than ever before.
What drives people to seek companionship, even romantic love, from AI?
And what do people gain and lose from these AI relationships?
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I'm joined by Yuxian in the studio and Steve Hatherly on the line first on today's show.
In the 2013 movie her a lonely man, Theodore, falls in love with his AI operating system called Samantha, voiced by the fabulous Scarlett Johansson.
It seemed futuristic then, but fast forward to today.
More people could be living this reality.