Would you date a chatbot?

KERA's Think

KERA

Society & Culture, 071003, Kera, Think, Krysboyd

4.8 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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It’s hard out there for singles trying to date, especially now that A.I. has entered the chat. Patricia Marx, staff writer for The New Yorker, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her experiment into “dating” A.I. models that promised companionship, whether they could actually make the perfect partner, and if we need flesh and blood to make our hearts sing. Her article is “Playing the Field with My A.I. Boyfriends.”

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1:20.5	it can be hard to find someone who is smart, decent, funny, thoughtful, supportive, sexy, and
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1:42.3	I'm Chris Boyd. Beyond asking Chat GPT to type sweet nothings to us, which ick, there are now AI
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