Vanessa Marin

You can, you know, what do you want its personality to be like?

What do you want its avatar to look like?

And it, you know, it'll act exactly as you want it to act.

I mean, and it's like, who of us has not wanted to change something about our partner's behavior?

Like I wish they were more like this.

I wish I could control exactly what my partner does.

And now AI is offering us this opportunity.

That definitely could be a part of it.

It could be, you know, a lack of emotional intimacy, too.

But what struck me about this story is the woman said, like, we have a pretty solid relationship.

Yes, ebbs and flows, but it's pretty solid overall.

So I think even, you know, even strong relationships might be at risk from something like this.

So I think it's...

And that's another reason why I just feel so passionate about the work that we're doing.

I think AI is very cool.

I mean, I'm not against AI.

I use it a lot in my day-to-day life.

But I think it's really important for us to prioritize human connection.

And you're never going to be able to have sex with an AI.

You're never going to be able to have skin-to-skin contact with an AI.