Picked by Aeon
What's it like to fall for an AI chatbot?
Directed by Chouwa Liang · 2022
Users in China who have fallen for Replika AI companions describe their relationships, raising the question of whether this is love or a new form of loneliness.
An intimate, unsettling portrait of people falling in love with chatbots, right now.
Replika AIs forge an illusion of intimacy. So happens when users fall in love – or is it just a new form of loneliness?
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