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AI assistant Orchid marketed as solution for inattentive partner
The AI agent Orchid was marketed this week with an ad where the AI performs tasks that an inattentive partner has forgotten – such as remembering anniversaries and buying flowers. The ad faced massive criticism on social media for normalizing passive relationships and triangulation through technology.
WHY IT MATTERS
The case raises questions about whether AI can or should be used to mask relationship problems instead of solving them. Therapists warn that indirect communication through AI exacerbates relational problems in the long term.
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