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When Bots Write Your Love Story

"Is the Internet Real Life?"

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Samuel D. James
Aug 17, 2022
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You may remember a story a few years ago about the “affair dating” site Ashley Madison: specifically, the revelation that the site employed a large number of artificial intelligence “bots” that posed as real women looking to hook up. This Fortune piece is partially paywalled, but the most important info is this:

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