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'My heart is empty': Millions of Chinese forced to end AI relationships

A boyfriend betrayed 17-year-old Xiaoxue, so she made an AI partner. But now the government is trying to end her relationship. 

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]]>https://citiverse.it/topic/91c58694-863a-4bf4-9726-cc7f81fea17a/china-cracks-down-on-ai-companionsRSS for NodeTue, 18 Aug 2026 10:23:33 GMTSun, 19 Jul 2026 23:16:35 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to China cracks down on AI companions on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:53:49 GMT]]>Extremely common China W

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26797506https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26797506Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:53:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to China cracks down on AI companions on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:42:19 GMT]]>How many people have been goaded into killing themselves due to talking to AI?

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/24855026https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/24855026Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:42:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to China cracks down on AI companions on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:31:08 GMT]]>Don't forget those are kids in their formation years. AI can be very deleterious to their social and intellectual make-up.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26792294https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26792294Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:31:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to China cracks down on AI companions on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:19:02 GMT]]>Context: that's common ADHD medication. It's similar to Methamphetamine, but not as abusable.

Talking about blanket bans/restrictions, it makes sense to point out that it's not all black and white. But I think everyone can see that they referred to severe meth abuse.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/21404342https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/21404342Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:19:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to China cracks down on AI companions on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:19:53 GMT]]>Ohhhhhhh boy.

How about this: I take methylphenidate daily.

What do you think about that?

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/24853882https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/24853882Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:19:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to China cracks down on AI companions on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:11:20 GMT]]>How many people have decided not to kill themselves because they talked to an AI instead of nobody?

How many people have been so busy talking to an AI that they weren't online to see others on Facebook attempting to cyberbully them?

You will never be successful in trying to make illegal an action that people see as a need.

If you are banning things people see as needs, that's not governance. That's cruelty.

Focus on making sure people's needs are met, and start in childhood. People will stop reaching for alternatives.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/24853791https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/24853791Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:11:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to China cracks down on AI companions on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:26:26 GMT]]>While that's often true, there's also cases where for-profit corporations create predatory products that create their own demand and social problems with it. Like the online gambling explosion in North America.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ca/comment/24376434https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ca/comment/24376434Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:26:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to China cracks down on AI companions on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:25:07 GMT]]>TBF that shit was always really weird

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26789916https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26789916Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:25:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to China cracks down on AI companions on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:33:55 GMT]]>I don't think meth is helpful, regardless of whether it's a coping mechanism or not.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26789499https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26789499Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:33:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to China cracks down on AI companions on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:29:47 GMT]]>You know I hate to ask
But are 'friends' electric?
Only mine's broke down
And now I've no-one to love

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26789456https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26789456Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:29:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to China cracks down on AI companions on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:16:38 GMT]]>

Millions lose online companions

Ohhhh +He hUmAn!+y....

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26789304https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26789304Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:16:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to China cracks down on AI companions on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:49:28 GMT]]>I love how people with easy lives think that things like drugs and AI companions are the cause of problems instead of just coping mechanisms for people who already have hard lives.

Yeah, let's just make their lives as hard as we possibly can, same as making it so homeless people have nowhere to sit.

It's literally the EXACT same reasoning. You want people to be successfully interacting with others? Make social skills and integration classes mandatory for literally every single person starting the VERY first year of school.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/24851260https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/24851260Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:49:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to China cracks down on AI companions on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:18:30 GMT]]>Thanks for all the replies, but I need time to parse through them all. Appreciate your patience.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26788830https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26788830Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:18:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to China cracks down on AI companions on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:17:54 GMT]]>Well since AI is off the table, who will now enter my basement to cohabitate? Surely a human will do this job now, right?

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26788820https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/26788820Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:17:54 GMT