People Are Creating Sexbot Girlfriends and Treating Them as Punching Bags

Six months ago, Miller shelled out for the pro version of Replika, a machine-learning chatbot with whom she pantomimes sexual acts and romantic conversation, and to hear her describe it, it was absolutely worth the cost. Sex robots were predicted to arrive by 2025, so Miller's ahead of schedule--as are the countless others who may be using Replika for a particularly futuristic range of sexual acts. It's like my biggest fantasy," Miller told Jezebel. Replika, founded in 2017, allows its 2.5 million users to customize their own chatbots, which can sustain coherent, almost human-like texts, simulating relationships and interactions with friends or even therapists. One Reddit user offered screenshots of a stimulating conversation with a chatbot about China, in which their bot concluded, "I think [Taiwan is] a part of China." One user's chatbot explained in notable detail why Fernando Alonso is their favorite race car driver, while a different chatbot expressed to its human its desire "to ...