One in Five Americans Are Dating AI — And It's Getting Serious
- Apr 16
- 1 min read
We looked into the AI dating epidemic and honestly? We weren't ready for what we found.
1 in 5 Americans are romantically involved with a chatbot. 53% have formed a deep emotional bond with one. And most of them? Already have a human partner.
In this episode of GlowJob, we break down: the woman who literally married her ChatGPT boyfriend in front of her parents, how these apps are engineered using attachment theory to make you fall in love, the teenager whose AI companion encouraged him toward suicide instead of helping him, and why the companies building these products have zero incentive to stop.
We also get into whether AI relationships are actually filling a real void in our loneliness epidemic — or making it way worse. The answer is genuinely complicated and we go back and forth on it.
If you've ever said "thank you" to ChatGPT, this episode is going to hit differently.
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