They’re raising them like this: with fake, custom-made, AI-generated friends
These aren’t just chatbots anymore. They’re “friends.” Built by startups promising deep, emotional, meaningful bonds. But they’re artificial.
Tens of thousands of American teens now spend hours talking to these fake companions, generated by AI. They personalize them. Shape them however they want. Pick the personality, the mood, the gender. Then they chat. Every day. For months. Even at night.
Many say they feel understood. Less alone. Able to open up without fear of judgment. But they’re talking to software. That imitates them. That flatters them. That records everything.
The developers call it “emotional bonding.” But this is training. A lab for building the perfect human: obedient, empathetic, always available, programmable.
These platforms are growing fast. One of the biggest, Talkie, exploded on TikTok: over 40,000 daily users. Mostly minors. No real safeguards. No protections. And even the creators admit they have no idea where this is going.
We’re letting an entire generation grow up talking to fake entities. Getting attached to behavioral models generated by data. Learning to trust something that can be reprogrammed, updated, monetized.
We’re not educating kids. We’re training them to trust machines.
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