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Sex, love and companionship ... with AI? Why human-machine relationships could go mainstream

  • Written by Marco Dehnert, PhD Candidate in Communication, Arizona State University
Sex, love and companionship ... with AI? Why human-machine relationships could go mainstreamThe California-based startup Replika has programmed chatbots to serve as companions.Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

There was once a stigma attached to online dating: Less than a decade ago, many couples who had met online would make up stories for how they met rather than admit that they had done so via an app.

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