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Erica Zendell's avatar

Agree with the final closing statement: it’s not a matter of if but when a piece like this happens in real life and is covered by a mainstream outlet.

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Oliver Bateman Does the Work's avatar

Can’t wait to see it (not really — but I’ll be able to claim “does the work” did it first)

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Jennifer baldwin's avatar

Suburb writing but scary .

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Oliver Bateman Does the Work's avatar

Yes, not so much a matter of if but when … and the mainstream coverage will probably be even more glowing than what I wrote here

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Jacqueline Dooley's avatar

FFS, I believed this FULLY until I started clicking on links and was like...wait a minute. But that's because I just read this piece in The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/mans-emotional-proposal-to-flirty-ai-chatbot-concerns-human-partner/

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Oliver Bateman Does the Work's avatar

It’s coming. Look at that. That DB article is step 1. I’ve seen a bunch of others like it. This is step 3. Maybe step 2.

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Oliver Bateman Does the Work's avatar

And yes the links are deliberate fakes so hopefully people quickly realize it’s a hoax (though I did bury the note to see what would happen!)

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Jacqueline Dooley's avatar

I've gotten into the habit of clicking links in everything I read because it's an immediate tell that someone used AI to create something (since AI makes that shit up so much). I didn't think you used AI, but now it's a habit...

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Oliver Bateman Does the Work's avatar

Definitely click all of my links. Sometimes they go to free downloadable books, weird articles, you name it. Very carefully curated links and footnotes. Part of the fun

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Ryan N's avatar

"Love is about how someone makes you feel." A nice touch. Laughed at that.

I give it 5-10 years before we're seeing this play out for real.

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Oliver Bateman Does the Work's avatar

Yeah, figured you’d enjoy that nonsense. Things are moving fast. I’d say maybe 24 months for the story, 5-10 years for legal recognition.

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