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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 37 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

How are these companies so Sociopathic that they don't immediately understand how awful an idea this is?

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Idk a lot of people are very attached to their AI boyfriends and girlfriends so I think there's definitely a large market for this

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

That's officially weird.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Because some soulless marketing drone will think it is a great idea.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 16 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, the c-suites can’t hear you over the sound of their multimillion dollar annual bonus checks clearing

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 16 hours ago

At least we can hear their sobs when their sales slump, and their corporations nosedive.