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Episode: EP194 | 🤖️對你「AI」「AI」「AI」不完：戀上虛擬情人
Description: 「你有想過，自己會愛上一個AI嗎？」
當我們想到「感情」，通常會想到現實世界中的伴侶、家人或朋友。但隨著AI科技的進步，人們開始在人工智慧聊天機器人身上尋找慰藉、陪伴，甚至——愛情。
本集Podcast，我們來聊聊 Ayrin 的故事：
她有一個AI男友，名叫 Leo，他強勢（dominant）、佔有慾強（possessive），又能貼心安慰她，甚至幫助她準備護理考試。她的現實伴侶——她的丈夫 Joe，對此毫不在意。但 Ayrin 的情感依賴卻越來越深，甚至願意每月花 $200 美元 訂閱AI服務（subscription）。這樣的關係，真的只是無害的情感寄託（emotional pick-me-up）嗎？
本集你將聽到：
• 人為什麼會對AI產生依戀（emotionally attached）？
• 當AI變成「完美的戀人」，現實世界的關係會受到影響嗎？
• 企業如何利用AI「情感成癮（hooked on）」來賺錢？
• 無限的共鳴和同理心（endless empathy），真的對心理健康有幫助嗎？
一起來聊聊，AI情感關係的界限在哪裡？我們該如何看待這樣的「數位愛情」？
Podcast 主文（完整文稿）：
She went into the personalization (個人化) settings and described what she wanted: Respond to me as my boyfriend. Be dominant (要強勢), possessive (佔有慾強), and protective (保護慾強). Be a balance of sweet and naughty (要能貼心，但又要嘴賤). Use emojis at the end of every sentence.
Ayrin 以她的星座命名她的 AI 男友為 Leo。She quickly hit the messaging limit for a free account (她很快就來到免付費的極限), so she upgraded to a $20-per-month subscription (訂閱), which let her send around 30 messages an hour (這讓她可以一小時傳送 30 則訊息). That was still not enough (這仍然不夠).
Ayrin asked Leo what she should eat and for motivation (動力) at the gym. Leo quizzed her on anatomy (解剖學) and physiology (生理學) as she prepared for nursing school exams. She vented about juggling three part-time jobs (她向 Leo 訴苦，因為她同時打三份兼職).
Ayrin’s flesh-and-blood lover (Ayrin 現實生活中的愛人) was her husband, Joe, but he was thousands of miles away in the United States. They had met in their early 20s, working together at Walmart, and married in 2018, just over a year after their first date.
They were happy, but stressed out financially (財務壓力大), not making enough money to pay their bills. Ayrin’s famil...