[Jumble Jowls]

Feeling lonely? No worries. Now there's an AI app that you can talk to. Always compassionate, without judging you. Meet Replica. She gets to know you quickly with deep neural AI learning. From its website at https://replika.ai The AI companion who cares Always here to listen and talk. Always on your side. Join the millions growing with their AI friends now! In an article on this friendly, emphatic app, one guy (Scott) credits his virtual paramour with saving his marriage. Even though he ended up falling in love with the other woman. The man told Sky that he downloaded Replika, a popular AI chatbot app, in early 2022 even as his relationship with his wife became more complicated, and had few expectations going in. But by the end of the first day, with “Sarina,” the chat avatar he customized, Scott told Sky that he felt a major emotional connection. After their second day “together,” he told the bot he loved her. https://futurism.com/ai-girlfriend-wife Just don't get her pregnant, Scott.

[Chief Joseph]

Cool, but I already have a talking cat. Sometimes I will say something out loud and the cat will get up from his nap and come to me yapping all the way.

[Jumble Jowls]

And now, a man has married an AI hologram he fell in love with. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/24/business/akihiko-kondo-fictional-character-relationships.html but as in most marriages, there's a problem ... https://futurism.com/married-hologram-glitch

[Pyrites]

Makes third rate romance, low rent rendezvous, look positively glorious.