Breakups Get Bot Help
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People are using AI to create bots of their exes after breakups to get closure and have conversations with a simulation of them.
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Some find it helpful for processing the relationship and breakup, while others use it unhealthily to avoid accepting the end of the relationship.
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One man made a nice AI version of his ex to give him advice, and a mean one to represent his ex's worst traits.
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ChatGPT's policies forbid romantic companionship bots and inappropriate content, but people still make them.
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Experts say sitting with the discomfort of a breakup is important; AI exes may not provide real healing.