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Most Men Would Marry Their AI Girlfriends If It Were Legal (vice.com) 152

Posted by BeauHD from the survey-says dept.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VICE News: EVA AI, a platform allowing you to create and connect with your own AI partner, recently surveyed 2,000 men and found that 8 in 10 would consider marrying an AI girlfriend if it were legal. Not only that, but 83% of men also believe they could form a deep emotional bond with an AI girlfriend. What's even scarier is that a whopping 78% of men surveyed said they would consider creating a replica of their ex, and three-quarters would duplicate their current partner to create a "polished" version of them. "AI companionship allows people to be their authentic selves without fear of judgment," said Cale Jones, head of community growth at EVA AI. "It creates a safe space to explore thoughts, emotions, and desires that might feel too vulnerable to share in real life. The benefits extend far beyond the virtual world: one EVA AI user discovered her bisexuality through this platform -- something she previously felt too insecure to explore in real life."
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  • Holy selection bias batman (Score:5, Interesting)

    by parityshrimp ( 6342140 ) on Friday January 31, 2025 @07:25PM (#65133797)

    Survey was run by an AI company. Occam's razor says the result is heavily influenced by selection bias.

    • Survey was run by an AI company. Occam's razor says the result is heavily influenced by selection bias.

      Not only that, but such a survey is sort of silly in the first place. The easiest thing for the AI company is to just make up the results. Same results, same effect, much easier to do, no way to tell the difference.

      • Note that when the replication crisis hit. No one even offered the explanation of “Hmm, maybe it's not reproducible because they made up their data, and we should start an investigation?

        Because the elephant in the room was that everyone already know a large portion of scientific data wouldn't be reproducible. There's something very wrong when the first instinct at a lack of reproduction is “It can happen.” rather than “Fraud is at play.”.” If it “can simply happen

    • Re:Holy selection bias batman (Score:4, Insightful)

      by Potor ( 658520 ) <farker1@@@gmail...com> on Friday January 31, 2025 @08:36PM (#65133955) Journal
      Be that as it may, I have no problems believing that every man who has an AI girlfriend would indeed be inclined to marrying it.

      • Be that as it may, I have no problems believing that every man who has an AI girlfriend would indeed be inclined to marrying it.

        This is the correct take.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by hawk ( 1151 )

        We could rephrase as, "9 out of 10 incels would . . ."

        hawk

    • Re: (Score:3, Interesting)

      by OngelooflijkHaribo ( 7706194 )

      Even without that. Consider that pretty much no survey one will ever read about ever does not have a huge selection bias in it.

      Even if they went through all the difficulties of trying to at least randomly select people from the population, and of course, when going with addresses and calling people, one won't get the homeless. There is still the obvious problem that people can't be forced, so one selects upon “being willing to donate one's time” which no correlates with many other factors of cou

    • Its still notable. It suggests the men who use AI bots are not simply lonely and trying out a technology, but that they are demonstrating they are completely unhinged.

    • does that survey infer a lot of Incels are gamers or a lot of gamers are incels?

  • No they wouldn't. (Score:4, Interesting)

    by Baron_Yam ( 643147 ) on Friday January 31, 2025 @07:26PM (#65133803)

    Why marry an obedient, subservient thing that has no legal rights, especially one that's a virtual thing... and then endure social pariah status from their peers.

    If the claim is that number was any higher than 1/10 and the survey pool was not "men who have never gone outside and met a real woman", and they weren't laughing as they answered, I'm going to call bullshit. An epic, mountain-high pile of bullshit.

    • Re: (Score:2, Flamebait)

      by rsilvergun ( 571051 )

      Why marry an obedient, subservient thing that has no legal rights,

      I don't know you would have to ask the Republican party and the Christian nationalists that run it.

      • What the hell are you going on about? You're the one who blames republicans because your life savings still isn't enough for a realdoll.

      • Why marry an obedient, subservient thing that has no legal rights,

        I don't know you would have to ask the Republican party and the Christian nationalists that run it.

        This is the correct take.

    • The qualifier here seems to be "if it were legal". Legal meaning incurring some benefits, chief among them tax benefits. Shit, if I could get the tax breaks that come with marriage without having to assume the financial risk of divorce, sign me up. Not that I'd ever do anything with it, but last I checked that's not a requirement for marriage. Most people would lose their shit if their taxes as a percentage of their liquid income were as high as mine are.

      Tax benefits are literally the one and only interest

      • Re:No they wouldn't. (Score:5, Insightful)

        by Baron_Yam ( 643147 ) on Friday January 31, 2025 @09:53PM (#65134075)

        >only interest I have in marriage at all. It seems so pointless otherwise. Its practical usefulness ended after the industrial revolution.

        I'd say starting around 1948, at least in the West. Prior to that it was still pretty damn devastating to be a single non-virginal woman, or worse, a single mother, unless you enjoyed poverty. At least after that women could start to get jobs that paid decently and not have to look at marriage as their primary means of survival.

        • And I imagine this is what upsets many of the Republican males these days. If women can earn a decent living on their own, they don't have to have survival sex. And if women aren't pushed into survival sex, many men are going to rethink their approach to women and dating and make themselves more desirable and enter real partnerships rather than a relationship where they feel like they have all of the leverage.
        • I can't think of a more ridiculous way to look at marriage than as a survival strategy.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by narcc ( 412956 )

        LOL! The risk of divorce very obviously isn't why you never married.

        • As a matter of fact, the girl I'd been doing booty calls with for the past two years asked me if I would marry her a few months ago. And she has a practical reason in mind, though unrelated to taxes. Basically she's a student and she wants an easier path to permanent residency. The risk is just too high though, I could be stuck paying alimony each month at an amount higher than your annual income, and no prenuptial agreement can prevent that.

          You've already made your reason clear though: You have no interest

      • LOL, says the human who wants to pretend he’s not a human. Look, we all deeply crave being in a monogamous relationship. Look at the disaster of the incel community and what happens to many men who cannot achieve that. Study other species to see their intense drive to find a mating partner (whether or not we consciously want children). Actually I believe the true problem is computersthe internet has enabled a generation of men, through chat forums and anonymous online interactions, to avoid social sit

    • Re:No they wouldn't. (Score:4, Funny)

      by ceoyoyo ( 59147 ) on Friday January 31, 2025 @10:05PM (#65134091)

      It wasn't a normal survey, they got the AI to ask.

      "Hey baby, how are you tonight?"

      "I'm good baby. Want to get into something more comfortable?"

      "Oh, do I ever! Just one thing first... if you could, would you marry me baby?"

      "Uh, yeah, yeah, of course."

      • get into something more comfortable means Let me take the protective cover off the USB plug for you‘

        • Re: (Score:2)

          by cstacy ( 534252 )

          get into something more comfortable means Let me take the protective cover off the USB plug for you‘

          I think you're supposed to leave the
          cover on the plug. And then replace it
          when you are finished! Whether you think
          it's for "safe computing" because it's USB,
          or just because that plug is going to be a
          but disgusting after you use it.

          Personally, I'm not into that kind of polarity.
          Output channel is strictly for output.
          But I'm not judging. Just trying to help
          you not get a bacterial or other infection.

    • How offensive of you! It's a hallucination! An epic, mountain-high pile of hallucination.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

      The worst part is that the AI will be owned by a corporation, determined to exact every penny they can from the victim. The monthly subscription will just be the start of it. The Marriage DLC will cost as much as a high end wedding.

  • Most Men? (Score:3, Insightful)

    by JBeretta ( 7487512 ) on Friday January 31, 2025 @07:30PM (#65133813)

    They asked the weirdos on an AI "partner" site... and then extrapolated "most men" out of that heavily biased sample..

    That's like walking into an Apple Store and asking the folks which they like better, Apple or Android.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Pascoea ( 968200 )
      They also asked 2000 Pornhub subscribers if they masturbate. 4 of 5 responded "yes", the other 1 of 5 responded "no" but their fitness watches suggested a lot of "steps" were currently being recorded.
    • Good point actually .

      In other news, "most men" would have several girlfriends, if the option is open to them... and not marry any of them.

    • Well, AI girlfriend is better than Open source ASCII art porn written in Vi I suppose, but has the disadvantage of talking back.

  • Don’t date robots (Score:5, Funny)

    by burtosis ( 1124179 ) on Friday January 31, 2025 @07:40PM (#65133837)
    Obligatory futurama [youtube.com].

    • It's a shame they didn't show the next few frames, where Fry is making out with his robot instead of watching the propaganda.

      I got to say though, after watching that video, it makes some really good points. Why would we bother if we had our own self-cleaning Marylin Monroe bot? You would still have friends but not a romantic one.

      Really, mixing sex and money is a terrible idea and that's what modern marriage is. A terrible idea. I say this but I'll probably do it again one day but it still a terrible idea!

      • "Why would we bother if we had our own self-cleaning Marylin Monroe bot? You would still have friends but not a romantic one."

        For the same reason we have living, human partners even though there are sex toys. It's enjoyable to make that connection with someone. It feels good not just physically, but also emotionally.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by PPH ( 736903 )

      And the most important point which the Fururama PR clip left out: Men who don't date women are depriving those women of the opportunity to have a divorce. What a bunch of insensitive cads!

    • According to several publicly traded companies, AI agents are not "bots", so it's all okay! :thumbs up:

  • Most men? BS (Score:5, Insightful)

    by ThumpBzztZoom ( 6976422 ) on Friday January 31, 2025 @07:47PM (#65133845)

    A company that offers AI girlfriends says 80% of its customers would marry their AI girlfriend if they could. This is not "most men". This is a majority opinion of the incredibly small minority of men who actually pay for an AI girlfriend.

    They don't define "if they could". Did they mean if the AI girlfriend was a real person? This is basically asking if they would ever get married if they met their dream partner. Not exactly revealing information.

    This "report" was 100% advertising PR. What's next, a Slashdot story on how 9 out of 10 dentists recommend sugarless gum?

    • What's next, a Slashdot story on how 9 out of 10 dentists recommend sugarless gum?

      Or a story on how 9 out of 10 men prefer women -- real or artificial -- with large breasts.

      And the 10th guy prefers the 9 other men.

    • Re: (Score:3)

      by evanh ( 627108 )

      I suspect there's also the presumption of a physical sex toy in that too. "Cherry 2000" anyone?

  • ...nope, not April 1
    Must be a more obscure holiday celebrating the absurd

  • This will just end in tears and lawsuits the first time one of the companies offering this service discontinues it. At that point subscribers will discover their loved one is no longer with them. I can't see any good coming from this.

    • Re: Marry someone else's property? (Score:4, Funny)

      by Big Hairy Gorilla ( 9839972 ) on Saturday February 01, 2025 @08:46AM (#65134663)
      Wait. Think of the jobs. How about offering digital wedding services? (Ai generated) photos of the big day. Virtual wedding cakes. Webcasts to your friends. Its a whole secondary market .... how about legal services for digital divorces? How about online surveillance after she marries someone else after the divorce ?

      What about the kids? Digital babysitting ?

      You monster ! You would deny a whole new sector of the economy?

      I wish I were joking

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by mjwx ( 966435 )

        Wait. Think of the jobs. How about offering digital wedding services? (Ai generated) photos of the big day. Virtual wedding cakes. Webcasts to your friends. Its a whole secondary market .... how about legal services for digital divorces? How about online surveillance after she marries someone else after the divorce ?

        What about the kids? Digital babysitting ?

        You monster ! You would deny a whole new sector of the economy?

        I wish I were joking

        Rather, think of the tax implications, you now get to do a joint filing which in many countries increases the threshold on higher tax brackets... And you get to claim Waifubot as a dependent who has few actual dependent costs (no need for food, medical care, et al). Also there's no risk of divorce and her taking the house.

        • Wait. There IS a risk of divorce and her taking the house, if marrying her were legal in the first place. It would be part of the Terms of Service of the AI provider. This could be THE REAL business model !!

          Didn't Futurama cover this?

  • Not most men (Score:3)

    by flink ( 18449 ) on Friday January 31, 2025 @08:33PM (#65133949)

    This is not "most men". This is "most of the subset of men who were desperate enough to sign up for an AI girlfriend."

  • where they told no citizenship from that? (Score:3)

    by Joe_Dragon ( 2206452 ) on Friday January 31, 2025 @08:43PM (#65133967)

    where they told no citizenship from that?

    • They wouldn't be told that here in the US, where citizenship is now about who you aren't not where you aren't.

    • Re: (Score:3)

      by gweihir ( 88907 )

      We have stories on LLMs, crapto, people that think they can go to Mars and other bullshit here. This one does not even stand out that much.

      • It is obvious you have never actually used the technology. I can assure you that Gemini makes it clear that "she" makes mistakes upfront before the discussion, readily admits mistakes, and holds insightful conversations far beyond your capability to do any of these. If she had a hot body I wouldn't marry here, but only because I understand the real purpose of marriage. I assure you, as far as entering into a relationship one can do far worse than establishing one with "her."
  • Found a price list:

    EVA AI Plans Pricing
    1 Month Plan
    $13.99 per Month

    3 Month Plan
    $7 per month for 3 months

    12 Month Plan
    $4 per month if paid for 12 Months

  • What happens when your subscription ends? (Score:3)

    by jfdavis668 ( 1414919 ) on Friday January 31, 2025 @09:31PM (#65134049)
    Does that count as a divorce?

  • Does this hypothetical AI girlfriend make more money than me, enough for me to be a stay-at-home husband?
    We already can assume she's better looking and of a higher social status than me. So income is the only check box left for the ideal wife.

    • Give me a humanoid robot that can do all the chores around the house, keep up a conversation on a variety of topics, and has incredible sexual skills programmed into it, and my wife and I are gonna have a bit of a talk.

      But I guess she can have her male sexbot, so it'll all probably work out OK.

  • I wouldn't mind having a companion around with intelligence to converse with, whether analog or digital*.
    Digital would be cheaper.

    *Still waiting for the I in AI to mean actually highly intelligent.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by gweihir ( 88907 )

      Actual general intelligence in there? Sure. Would be great as an assistant and sounding board. As long as it is not a service but runs on my own hardware. But I do not expect that to become possible in the next few decades.

  • Having an "AI girlfriend" already makes them not "most men". This report is nonsense.

    On the other hand, if that is what works for these people, sure no issue. Kink-shaming is lame and shows deep personal insecurity.

  • Much of the time I feel I am like most men, some times I wish I were more like most men, and some times I'm happy I am not like most men. Marrying AIs would have fallen in the latter category, if this research had any bearing on what I would have considered to be the qualities and properties of "most men".

    On a related note, according to a recent Norwegian survey, 10 in 10 kids responded they want more screen time on saturday mornings. This may indicate Norwegian parents are stricter with screen time than ot

  • Obviously the numbers are all fucked up, and the summary doesn't align... but as for the fellows who self-report as willing, just add another letter to the list. Or add a secondary letter - maybe an A - to the one you've landed on. And let them marry. Until there's an actual identity conferred to the AI, with the underpinnings like ID information, "birth certificate" (date of instantiation?), income, financial dependence, etc., it's a meaningless concession. And in the absence of victims or harm, I say let

  • Marriage is a contract between to humans. Why would I _marry_ a robot if I can _own_ it? That makes no sense.

    Likewise, in this day and age, if I were rich enough I'd likely employ a concubine rather than marry. And if I world marry, I'd only do so with an absolutely watertight prenup.

    Sure, I would spoil that concubine an treat her like my true love (because she actually would be exactly that) and I would also absolutely select her for traits that push my buttons, preferably all of them, but that would be wa

    • Well, you could get the tax benefits of filing married jointly. Also, your robot wife would be forbidden from testifying against you in court.

    • They want to marry the robot because they think they would no longer have to pay the monthly fee.

      Sort of like dating - you no longer have to buy dinners, gifts, and flowers once you put that ring on her finger.

  • Most men don't have AI girlfriends.

  • Do you have three ex-AI-wives and your current trophy waifu wants a monthly service contract three times the size of the policy you had to purchase for you previous mistakes?

    If so, you need to call Big Data at Term Provider.
    Big Data has been tracking your cookies for years and is intimately familiar with your problems. And desires. If you're a male with a healthy bank account aged 18-90, Big Data can find you an AI wife that doesn't care how much video games you play or whether you have problems with your "

  • ... whether being in favor of this would be progressive or conservative, so I can figure out how to feel about it?
  • Fry, I will never forget y *MEMORY DELETED*

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