Ever further than that. The ELIZA effect was first documented in 1966, detailing how humans form emotional connections with simple text prompts with the illusion of depth. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect)
This is merely an acceleration, and I’d expect social adoption to be an inevitable part of the future, and those who turn the keys for these platforms to carry enormous influence.
Maybe even now.
There’s this person who married Hatsune Miku: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihiko_Kondo
Plus a bunch of people falling in love with chatbots, including this 14 year old whom it led to suicide: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/30/tech/teen-suicide-character-ai-lawsuit
Ever further than that. The ELIZA effect was first documented in 1966, detailing how humans form emotional connections with simple text prompts with the illusion of depth. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect)
This is merely an acceleration, and I’d expect social adoption to be an inevitable part of the future, and those who turn the keys for these platforms to carry enormous influence.