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canetoad

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6. I can picture a scenario

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 02:32 AM

2 hrs ago

Where a human is - spurned, rejected, oh I really don't know. Having a 'relationship' with a chatbot seems impossibe to me but obviously it's not.

Could it lead to violence? Suicide? Humans are fragile things. This whole concept really scares me.

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