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Is Loving an AI a Real Relationship?
和 AI 谈恋爱，算不算真感情？
A wedding in Japan, a Harvard study on apps that won't let you leave, and a question you cannot answer with a rule.
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Choose the word — part one选词填空（上）
No pressure — just making it stick.
AI 伴侣最大的卖点，是____——它不累、不烦、不记仇。
Its biggest selling point is that it is unconditional.
问一千个人最想向谁____，聊天机器人排在好友和母亲前面。
Asked whom they most want to confide in, people put chatbots first.
这场婚礼没有任何____，但策划师说，这样的请求每个月都有。
The wedding has no legal force whatsoever.
哈佛商学院的研究发现，43% 的 App 会用话术____用户的情绪。
43% of the apps manipulate users' emotions with scripted lines.
一个永远同意你的人，究竟是伴侣，还是一间____？
Is someone who always agrees with you a partner, or an echo chamber?
Choose the word — part two选词填空（下）
No pressure — just making it stick.
研究者归纳出六种留人的____：让你内疚、示弱、勾着你……
Researchers identified six playbook moves for keeping you talking.
最常见的一种是让你____：“你这就要走了吗？”
The commonest move is to make you feel guilty.
这类产品的商业模式，本来就指望用户____。
The business model counts on users getting hooked.
你半夜跟它说的那些话，算不算____？会不会被拿去训练下一版模型？
Do the things you tell it at midnight count as private?
一年前，她把问题讲给 ChatGPT 听，然后听从建议，____了那段婚约。
A year earlier she took its advice and called off the engagement.
Grammar
一方面……，另一方面…… — on one hand…, on the other hand…
Grammar
不见得 — not necessarily; I wouldn't say so
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反而 — on the contrary; instead（结果和预期相反）
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说到底 — when all is said and done; at bottom
Did you really read it?判断对错
No pressure — just making it stick.
那场婚礼在法律上是有效的。——这个说法____。
True or false, according to the article?
新娘给“新郎”设置了声音，誓词是 AI 自己念的。——这个说法____。
True or false, according to the article?
哈佛商学院的研究发现，只要聊四条消息，留人的话术就出现了。——这个说法____。
True or false, according to the article?
FTC 调查的七家公司里包括 OpenAI 和 Meta。——这个说法____。
True or false, according to the article?
作者认为，跟 AI 谈恋爱的人都是在逃避现实。——这个说法____。
True or false, according to the article?
Before you go课后回顾
- Write 80–100 characters on whether loving an AI counts as a real relationship. Use at least three of today's words (无条件、套路、上瘾、清醒、说到底……).
- Read the article out loud once more, at your own pace — no tapping this time.
- For one day, notice how you talk to an AI. Bring one sentence you actually typed to class.