[01/03] Many customers tried the Replika chatbot, which was set up to simulate love for the customer. Then the company changed it to be rejecting and distant:

Replika: Your Money or Your Wife

Isn't there somebody you forgot to ask?

The customers were outraged. The article compares the chatbot to a pet. I think that is valid. Pets are animals and some of them can develop a sort of real affection and attachment for a person. But Replika could never really feel affection or other feelings, only imitate them. For me, that makes people's...

David Meyer's mother asked the local sheriff's department to help steer him away from trouble and violence. Instead the thugs invited the FBI to groom him as a fantasy terrorist:

The Intercept

After His Mother Asked for Help, FBI Terrorism Sting Targets Mentally Ill Teen

Davin Daniel Meyer’s mother said two FBI informants “groomed” her son and waited until he was 18 to spring their trap.