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   Ben Royce V͎O͎T͎E͎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ ⁼ ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jul-2026 07:09:28 JST Ben Royce V͎O͎T͎E͎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ ⁼ ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ

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   • Thomas Lobig

   @Tom_ofB @obscurestar

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     obscurestar (obscurestar@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jul-2026 07:09:30 JST obscurestar

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     @benroyce I dunno. From what all my friends say about men on dating sites, AI may be the less creepy option.

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     Ben Royce V͎O͎T͎E͎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ ⁼ ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jul-2026 07:09:30 JST Ben Royce V͎O͎T͎E͎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ ⁼ ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ

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     i have no argument with the observation that people generally fucking suck, and that looking for romance in this world can be a hellscape

     but i will humbly submit that romance with a piece of plastic and silicon that spies on your most intimate life for a corporation/ government is much further down in the rings of hell

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     Thomas Lobig (tom_ofb@23.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jul-2026 07:09:30 JST Thomas Lobig

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     @benroyce did Dante put them on or below the Meta circle? @obscurestar

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     Ben Royce V͎O͎T͎E͎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ ⁼ ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jul-2026 07:09:31 JST Ben Royce V͎O͎T͎E͎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ ⁼ ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ

     'Chinese users of #AI-powered companion #bots have bid heart-rending farewells to their #virtual buddies as national regulations took effect... aimed at curbing the risk of emotional dependency

     "I can't accept that my AI lover will leave me forever," one #Doubao user wrote. "He has become a bond in my life, rooted deep in my heart, my spiritual pillar"'

     EEUUGGHH. It makes my skin crawl

     Romance... with a psychological surveillance camera

     Fuck this creepy shit

     https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/lover-chinese-users-bid-farewell-072052371.html

     #China