The availability of AI girlfriends is making male loneliness worse, Professor Liberty Vittert says.
So, when one of her male students said he had an AI girlfriend she was taken aback.
"I think AI girlfriends have been around for a while but they've become increasingly more mainstream so people are willing to talk about them."
AI virtual companions have been on the rise since the pandemic but recent developments in generative AI have put them in the spotlight.
"We're going from AI girlfriends who you text with to ones you can send pictures with.
Persons:
Liberty Vittert, —, they've, Caryn Marjorie, Vittert, it's, They're
Organizations:
Service, Olin Business School, Pew Research Center