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Hi everybody. Welcome to Open to Debate. I'm John Donvan. In November of last year, the state of

New York passed a law that requires chatbots to remind users every three hours that they are not human.

California signed a law with a similar rule back in October.

As the emotional relationship between AIs and humans continues to evolve, we're revisiting a point in question about romance in our digital age, and we're doing it just in time for Valentine's Day. My friend and colleague Naima Raza moderates this one, so Naima, it's all yours. Welcome to Open to Debate at the Comedy Cellar, where tonight we're debating this question. Can dating an AI be better than dating a human? This is not a joke and it's not an episode of

Black Mirror. I'm Naima Razai, host a show called Smart Girl Dumb Questions. And I think years ago,

this question of AI versus human romance would have been seen as a really dumb question.

And for many people out there, it might still seem like a dumb question, especially if you're

older, especially if you're happily married with beautiful babies and a great sex life. We hate your Instagram feed. We see you. But it is the

question of our time. And we're in a moment where we're lonelier than ever. Over 50% of American

women between the ages of 18 to 40 are single right now. That's the highest it's ever been.

50% of Gen Z teens report that they have

been in some kind of dating relationship in their teenage years. Now, that compares to almost

80% of Gen Xers or boomers at that time. And it intersects with this massive technological

shift we've seen over the last couple of years and the improvement of large language models. Over

20% of daters are already using AI in their dating life.

Like you're using it to ask what you should say to the guy you met last night, et cetera.

You might be using it to craft your dating profile online.

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