This statstic is meaningless. They could all know the same kid in the chatbot relationship. Unlikely but still, just because “one in five” know someone who… Doesn’t mean 20% of kids are in one.
Of a high school of 600 people, they all know that one kid who is dating their AI, just like we knew that one kid who was emotionally attached to his anime body pillow.
This statstic is meaningless. They could all know the same kid in the chatbot relationship. Unlikely but still, just because “one in five” know someone who… Doesn’t mean 20% of kids are in one.
Of a high school of 600 people, they all know that one kid who is dating their AI, just like we knew that one kid who was emotionally attached to his anime body pillow.