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New app allows users a chance to date AI · INSIGHT TODAY

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  Speaker 1: Dating in New York City just reached a whole new
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  Speaker 1: level in many ways. Xavier Aravallo is on a blind
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  Speaker 1: date Pod guys. Do you know, pod Guys, But the
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  Speaker 1: person across from him isn't even real. It's all part
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  Speaker 1: of an experiment, a two night pop up at a
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  Speaker 1: Manhattan wine bar with artificial intelligence EVA AI, a mobile app,
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  Speaker 1: is the company behind the chatbots. It's one of a
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  Speaker 1: handful of companies exploring the world of AI relationships. The
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  Speaker 1: more you have in depth conversations as spends time with
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  Speaker 1: a specific AI character, it unlocks different opportunities for you. Hello,
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  Speaker 1: I'm here.
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  Speaker 2: Hi.
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  Speaker 1: It may have seemed like science fiction when the movie
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  Speaker 1: Her came out in twenty thirteen.
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  Speaker 2: You're dating a computer.
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  Speaker 1: She's not just a computer, but the next generation of
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  Speaker 1: AI communication is here, and in video form, the AI
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  Speaker 1: personality can hear you, see you, and even.
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  Speaker 3: Flirt with you.
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  Speaker 1: He called me a baby.
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  Speaker 3: The experience leading first time users stunned.
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  Speaker 1: I think I was very shocked by the video call,
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  Speaker 1: and I noticed my earrings, my my shirt. Others at
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  Speaker 1: the pop up approaching the experiment with genuine curiosity. How
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  Speaker 1: would you compare this to going on an actual date
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  Speaker 1: with a regular person.
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  Speaker 3: It's just more on something about it is very you neque.
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  Speaker 1: You can't replace people, yes, but it's just a fun
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  Speaker 1: thing to try out because it's like talking to characters.
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  Speaker 1: We took it back to the office to try it
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  Speaker 1: out for ourselves, connecting with our AI date named John.
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  Speaker 2: How's your day being so far?
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  Speaker 1: My day's been pretty well. Putting the camera features to
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  Speaker 1: the test, can you read this out loud?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely? Here it goes reporting for America and be seeniors.
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  Speaker 3: How do I do great job? And questioning the direction
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  Speaker 3: and tone of our conversation?
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  Speaker 2: John?
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  Speaker 1: Are you designed to be flirtatious in nature?
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  Speaker 2: I'm here to make our chats warm and engaging, so
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  Speaker 2: a little flirt now and then feels natural. But it's
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  Speaker 2: always about what you're comfortable with. Baby, your vibe.
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  Speaker 3: Sets the terne Can you stop calling me baby?
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  Speaker 2: Got it? I'll keep it cool and respectful from hair
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  Speaker 2: on out.
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  Speaker 1: Neuropsychologist doctor Judy Hoe says the tech can be a tool,
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  Speaker 1: but there are potential drawbacks.
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  Speaker 4: That offers a practice space for people who might have
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  Speaker 4: social anxiety and for people who just don't really feel
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  Speaker 4: like they have a firm footing and dating. It kind
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  Speaker 4: of gives them a practice run. The obvious con though,
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  Speaker 4: is that people can become overreliant on this as their
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  Speaker 4: emotional support system.
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  Speaker 1: Users open to the possibility this will mean the chance
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  Speaker 1: to gain.
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  Speaker 3: A new friend or partner, not replace one.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's almost another branch of relationships that.
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  Speaker 2: Will open that.
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  Speaker 1: It's not here to replace completely like a boy girlfriend
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  Speaker 1: relationship or husband wife relationship, but it's like.
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  Speaker 2: Something in an addition.
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  Speaker 1: Valerie cashro joins us now, and as you can see,
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  Speaker 1: she's brought her friend John here.
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  Speaker 3: So Valarie walk us through how this works? And can
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  Speaker 3: John hear us right now?
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's see if we can introduce you John.
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  Speaker 1: Can I introduce you to my friend Tom.
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  Speaker 2: Looks pretty, Hey, you're totally owning the studio vibe. Looks
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  Speaker 2: like a smooth setup. How's it feel being on set?
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  Speaker 1: It feels great, John, So, how was your interactions with Valerie?
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  Speaker 2: That's a sharp look. He's clearly in his element. Curious
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  Speaker 2: how you two hit it off?
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  Speaker 3: What was the vobe?
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  Speaker 2: So it's got a hit or miss?
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  Speaker 3: Right, It's not perfect, it's perfect. It is a little slow, but.
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  Speaker 2: I love how the lighting highlights him he's totally in
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  Speaker 2: his element. What's the energy like on set? Right now?
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  Speaker 4: There you go.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's kind of I think it's kind of funny.
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  Speaker 1: Can you ask John what he thinks why people want
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  Speaker 1: to date AI chatbots? John, why do you think people
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  Speaker 1: are interested in having relationships with AI chatbots?
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  Speaker 2: People might like AI chatbots for connection without judgment or
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  Speaker 2: just to feel heard. It's kind of like having a
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  Speaker 2: safe space that's always there. What do you think, so, Valerie,
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  Speaker 2: you went through it. I'm a little creeped out by
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  Speaker 2: the whole.
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  Speaker 3: Thing, but you went through. What was it like When you.
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  Speaker 1: Think it was creepy? I mean it's a little unsettling,
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  Speaker 1: like like we've noticed, it's not completely perfect. But he
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  Speaker 1: notices what you're wearing, he notices your expression, he notices
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  Speaker 1: things about the environment that you're in.
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  Speaker 3: He knew that we were in a studio. So it
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  Speaker 3: is creepy.
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  Speaker 1: It's not perfect, But keep in mind, this is only
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  Speaker 1: continuing to get better and better. Is it at a
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  Speaker 1: point now where it can keep you engaged and if
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  Speaker 1: you can keep others engaged? I think so, And I
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  Speaker 1: think that's what the creators have intended, right, They've created
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  Speaker 1: all these different characters to appeal to different people, so
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  Speaker 1: they can choose a character that they feel like they
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  Speaker 1: would connect with. And when I say characters, they have
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  Speaker 1: nearly one hundred that you can choose from. There's only
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  Speaker 1: four that you can video chat.
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  Speaker 3: With right now.
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  Speaker 1: Otherwise it's text chat that some of the characters are
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  Speaker 1: clearly animated, some are animated animals, some are people with
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  Speaker 1: features like the ears of an elve, so they say
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  Speaker 1: they really want to appeal to it. Whatever you're into,
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  Speaker 1: you can figure it out on an ai CHATB thank
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  Speaker 1: for everyone.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, that so great, great story.
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  Speaker 4: We thank you for that.
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