{"id":3462,"date":"2025-10-03T14:52:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/people-considering-artificial-devices-as-pals\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T14:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:52:35","slug":"people-considering-artificial-devices-as-pals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/people-considering-artificial-devices-as-pals\/","title":{"rendered":"People considering artificial devices as pals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-10-03 14:52:33<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Artificial intelligence (AI) gadgets such as Alexa, Siri and ChatGPT are being treated as genuine friends by a growing number of Brits.<BR><br \/>\nA study by electronics retailer Currys revealed that one in five people believe they have struck up a real friendship with their virtual assistant. <BR><br \/>\nNearly half (49 per cent) admitted turning to AI for advice on personal issues rather than confiding in family or friends.<BR><br \/>\nSome are even relying on artificial intelligence for matters of the heart, with 62 per cent confessing to using it to write a love note or poetry for a partner.<BR><br \/>\nGraham Collingwood, 26, of Tonbridge, Kent, said &#8211; as quoted by the Daily Star newspaper &#8211; that he chats to Alexa daily: &#8220;I kind of treat Alexa as a friend  <BR><br \/>\n&#8220;I always say hello to her and please and thank you \u2013 and I say goodnight to her when I go to bed.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nThe findings highlight how deeply embedded smart technology has become in everyday life, blurring the lines between digital assistants and human companions.<BR><br \/>\nWhile some see the trend as harmless, experts warn that increasing dependence on AI for emotional support may affect real-world relationships.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-10-03 14:52:33 Artificial intelligence (AI) gadgets such as Alexa, Siri and ChatGPT are being treated as genuine friends by a growing number of Brits. A study by electronics retailer Currys&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3464,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3462\/revisions\/3464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}