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1 In 5 Boys Know Someone Their Age Who's In A Relationship With An AI Chatbot
(www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2026
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No, apparently 1 in 5 boys know someone their age who delusionally thinks they're in a relationship with an AI Chatbot.
0 in 5 know someone who actually is in such a relationship, because that's impossible.
I'll bet it's more like
1 in 5 boys either knows someone their age who delusionally thinks they're in a relationship with a chatbot, knows someone who claims they're dating a chatbot as a joke, or is just fucking around
There's a non-insignificant chance the boys they surveyed weren't taking it seriously. "Oh yeah, I totally know someone dating a chatbot"