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[News] Awkward Chinese youths are paying AI love coaches $7 weekly to learn how to talk on dates (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 6 months ago by pavnilschanda to c/aicompanions
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  • Some Chinese youths are turning to AI love coaches for dating advice.
  • Apps like RIZZ.AI and Hong Hong Simulator teach them how to navigate romantic scenarios.
  • This trend comes amidst falling marriage and birth rates in the country.
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[–] Alexstarfire 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

RIZZ.AI, the most cringe name a person could come up with.

[–] elbarto777 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I'm sure they are kicking themselves in the teeth while checking their bank accounts.

[–] Alexstarfire 2 points 6 months ago

[–] pavnilschanda 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You'd be surprised by how common that term is within younger generations

Not to mention that "rizz" was the word of 2023 by Oxford University Press

[–] Alexstarfire 1 points 6 months ago

Ohh, I'm aware.

[–] RampantParanoia2365 4 points 6 months ago

How pathetic. Where?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

This is how we enter the simulacrum.