Will Your AI Agent Be Your Friend or Lover Too?

Instead of an assistant that feels like a travel agent, maybe a friend (or romantic partner) is the most likely experience.

You may soon have an AI agent helping you navigate the world. That agent will know lots about you — things like where you travel, what you buy, when you’re stressed — and its only objective will be to please you. This bot may turn out to be a dispassionate helper. But as the technology advances, it may well become your AI friend, or even something more.

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