{"id":14857,"date":"2024-06-16T07:37:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T05:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/16\/computer-says-yes-how-ai-is-changing-our-romantic-lives\/"},"modified":"2024-06-16T07:37:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T05:37:15","slug":"computer-says-yes-how-ai-is-changing-our-romantic-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/16\/computer-says-yes-how-ai-is-changing-our-romantic-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer says yes: how AI is changing our romantic lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artificial intelligence is creating companions who can be our confidants, friends, therapists and even lovers. But are they an answer to loneliness or merely another way for big tech to make money?<\/p>\n

Could you fall in love with an artificial intelligence? When Spike Jonze\u2019s film, H<\/a><\/em>er,<\/a><\/em> came out 10 years ago, the question still seemed hypothetical. The gradual romance between Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s character Theodore and Scarlett Johansson\u2019s Samantha, an operating system that embraces his vulnerabilities, felt firmly rooted in science fiction. But just one year after the film\u2019s release, in 2014, Amazon\u2019s Alexa was introduced to the world. Talking to a computer in your home became normalised.<\/p>\n

Personified AI has since infiltrated more areas of our lives. From AI customer service assistants to therapy chatbots offered by companies such as character.ai<\/a> and wysa<\/a>, plus new iterations of ChatGTP<\/a>, the sci-fi storyline of H<\/em>er<\/em> has come a lot closer. In May, an updated version of ChatGTP with voice assistant software launched, its voice\u2019s similarity to Scarlett Johansson\u2019s prompting the actor to release a statement<\/a> claiming that she was \u201cshocked, angered and in disbelief\u201d that the AI system had a voice \u201ceerily similar\u201d to her own.<\/p>\n

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\nArtificial intelligence is creating companions who can be our confidants, friends, therapists and even lovers. But are they an answer to loneliness or merely another way for big tech to make money?
\nCould you fall in love with an artificial intelligence? When Spike Jonze\u2019s film, Her, came out 10 years ago, the question still seemed hypothetical. The gradual romance between Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s character Theodore and Scarlett Johansson\u2019s Samantha, an operating system that embraces his vulnerabilities, felt firmly rooted in science fiction. But just one year after the film\u2019s release, in 2014, Amazon\u2019s Alexa was introduced to the world. Talking to a computer in your home became normalised.
\nPersonified AI has since infiltrated more areas of our lives. From AI customer service assistants to therapy chatbots offered by companies such as character.ai and wysa, plus new iterations of ChatGTP, the sci-fi storyline of Her has come a lot closer. In May, an updated version of ChatGTP with voice assistant software launched, its voice\u2019s similarity to Scarlett Johansson\u2019s prompting the actor to release a statement claiming that she was \u201cshocked, angered and in disbelief\u201d that the AI system had a voice \u201ceerily similar\u201d to her own. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Artificial intelligence is creating companions who can be our confidants, friends, therapists and even lovers. But are they an answer to loneliness or merely another way for big tech to make money? Could you fall in love with an artificial intelligence? When Spike Jonze\u2019s film, Her, came out 10 years ago, the question still seemed …<\/p>\n

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