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There was an article last week about AI boyfriends being a thing now in China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/13/asia-pacific/social-issues/chinese-

• x86x87 3y ago
  Hmmm. I think women are interested in sex as much as men are. Same goes for porn. It's something that's hardwired into every living thing.
• almatabata 3y ago
  > I guess that women just aren’t so interested in porn as they are in companionship Depends how you define porn. For example smut books are very popular among women, I think they are even the primary market for them. It is not that they are not interested in porn, they are just looking for a different type. Note as well in reports women report using the AI boyfriend for sex as well ("Both Valenciano and Ramos say sex with their AIs is the best they’ve ever had." from https://www.thecut.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-chatbot-replika-boyfriend.html https://www.thecut.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-ch...). They seem to also use the AI for sexual gratification, but they might not look for the same visual aspect and more as you say the emotional aspect.
  • x86x87 3y ago
    > It is not that they are not interested in porn, they are just looking for a different type. amen to that. everyone has some sort of drive to reproduce that is hardwired into us.