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[–] Mister_Feeny@fedia.io 55 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

“Within the next two years, it will be completely normalized to have a relationship with an A.I.,” Ms. Cole predicted.

We haven't managed to really normalize anything outside of cis-hetero relationships yet and you're telling me we're gonna normalize relationships with a.i. in two years? Sure.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 24 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I know couples who are still embarrassed to admit they met over internet chats surrounding a game. An ex of mine met her husband in WOW 20+ years ago and they still claim their first meeting was a blind date despite she was in NY at the time and he was in Florida.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 14 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

And I know people who express their same story proudly.

Anecdotes are fun!

[–] Entropywins@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

I know some people who express their same story somewhere between ashamed and proudly...

[–] sxan@midwest.social 16 points 20 hours ago

People fervently believe what they desire, regardless of evidence to the contrary. It's a really annoying fact of human nature sadly few people are able to resist.

She wants it to be normalized so that her situation will be validated, and so she naturally believes it will be. Not an unusual behavior at all. Even scientists who should know better (fusion power within the next 10 years! GAI within the next 5 years!) are susceptible.