They're really stretching the content of their article with such a title. All the journalist found was only a few people too invested in a story-driven dating sim. He only briefly mentions someone...
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They're really stretching the content of their article with such a title.
All the journalist found was only a few people too invested in a story-driven dating sim. He only briefly mentions someone who married a virtual character.
Don't get me wrong, it's not uninteresting, but that title... urgh
Anyway as far as what he describes in his article goes, these people are less "addicted" to their dating sim than most MMO players are addicted to their game.
Which doesn't mean "people falling for scripted robots" isn't a thing, it is, it just doesn't "work" as described here. Because really, Mystic Messenger seems rather harmless and more like a digital Choose Your Own Adventure book with a shitty schedule.
In the end I don't think dating sims are some kind of "problem" or "aberration", but what may be problematic is how some people use them. So like everything else, basically. Some people just don't know where to draw the line.
If you guys have YouTube Red, Michael Stevens (vSauce) made an episode of his show Mind Field about Artificial Intelligence. It features a man in love with a character from a 3DS game. I mean... you gotta see it.
We also have some companies marketing AI companions, obviously aiming for people in lack of human interactions, like this one. What's aweful here, to me, is that I feel like they're just preying on the weak. And yet, while I find this really sad, it also looks kind of... comforting?
They're really stretching the content of their article with such a title.
All the journalist found was only a few people too invested in a story-driven dating sim. He only briefly mentions someone who married a virtual character.
Don't get me wrong, it's not uninteresting, but that title... urgh
Anyway as far as what he describes in his article goes, these people are less "addicted" to their dating sim than most MMO players are addicted to their game.
Which doesn't mean "people falling for scripted robots" isn't a thing, it is, it just doesn't "work" as described here. Because really, Mystic Messenger seems rather harmless and more like a digital Choose Your Own Adventure book with a shitty schedule.
In the end I don't think dating sims are some kind of "problem" or "aberration", but what may be problematic is how some people use them. So like everything else, basically. Some people just don't know where to draw the line.
If you guys have YouTube Red, Michael Stevens (vSauce) made an episode of his show Mind Field about Artificial Intelligence. It features a man in love with a character from a 3DS game. I mean... you gotta see it.
We also have some companies marketing AI companions, obviously aiming for people in lack of human interactions, like this one. What's aweful here, to me, is that I feel like they're just preying on the weak. And yet, while I find this really sad, it also looks kind of... comforting?
Weird stuff, I tell you.
Edit: a letter.