{"id":35083,"date":"2024-03-14T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/ai-girlfriends-attract-young-men\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T12:39:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:39:00","slug":"ai-girlfriends-attract-young-men","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/ai-girlfriends-attract-young-men\/","title":{"rendered":"AI \u2018Girlfriends\u2019 Attract Young Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freya India writes in an article titled &ldquo;We Can&#39;t Compete With AI Girlfriends&rdquo;:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Apparently, ads for AI girlfriends have been all over TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook lately. Replika, an AI chatbot originally offering mental health help and emotional support, now runs ads for spicy selfies and hot role play. Eva AI invites users to create their dream companion, while Dream Girlfriend promises a girl that exceeds your wildest desires. The app Intimate even offers hyper-realistic voice calls with your virtual partner.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>This might seem niche and weird but it&rsquo;s a fast-growing market. All kinds of startups are releasing romantic chatbots capable of having explicit conversations and sending sexual photos. Meanwhile, Replika alone has already been downloaded more than 20 million times. And even just one Snapchat influencer, Caryn Marjorie, makes $100,000 a week by charging users $1 a minute to chat with the AI version of herself.<\/p>\n\n<p>Freya India notes that this technology creates &ldquo;unrealistic beauty standards,&rdquo; but even worse is the unrealistic emotional standards set by these apps. She continues:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Eva AI, for example, not only lets you choose the perfect face and body but customize the perfect personality, offering options like &ldquo;hot, funny, bold,&rdquo; &ldquo;shy, modest, considerate&rdquo; and &ldquo;smart, strict, rational.&rdquo; Create a girlfriend who is judgement-free! Who lets you hang out with your buddies without drama! Who laughs at all your jokes! &ldquo;Control it all the way you want to,&rdquo; promises Eva AI. 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