Majority of Gen Z would marry an AI, survey says

People are already using it Previous AI (And Cheating), but how about getting married?

A survey of 2,000 Gen Z respondents by AI companies in April 2025 Joy Eye8 in 10 said they would consider marrying an AI partner. 83% said they could form a deep emotional bond with one.

The AI ​​companion is like Joi Ai’s bread and butter. The website allows you to chat with pre-made characters and create your own characters. The company calls these connections “AI-lationships.”

“AI-lationships is not intended to replace actual human connections,” Jaime Bronstein of LCSW, a relationship therapist and expert at Joi AI, said in an emailed statement to Mashable. “Instead, they provide a clear type of emotional support that can enhance your overall emotional well-being.”

Sifari Singh, a clinical neuropsychologist who is director of digital cognitive research at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, told Mashable it was not at all surprising that young adults believe they have a deep emotional bond with AI.

“Some of my research demonstrates that people with social anxiety tend to use more digital tools, especially since they are less afraid of impact, judgment and judgment on social media,” Singh said.

They might think, “If I can interact with this generally non-judgmental interchange, AI that gives me arguments, it makes sense.” She continued that young adults are “accustomed to being judged, commented and scrutinized in ways that humans were never intended.”

Another reason people form bonds with AI is their tendency to look for empathy. “When you interact with AI, it feels like a real emotional response, as it reflects your language and your own thought processes,” she said. People feel connected to AI because there is a lot of empathy that may not be gained from actual human interactions.

There is also the risk. Singh compared the periodic mirrors of AI to troll farms, a group of online trolls that normally spread misinformation. Troll farms reinforce and validate someone’s beliefs, even if they are wrong.

“What we need to be very careful about is [that] AI is not going to provide us with new information… it’s recursive, it’s repetitive, it’s an algorithm,” she said.

Singh also believes that there is a need for more education on what AI can and cannot do. AI can supply a lot of false information from hackers, allowing you to enter dangerous places. (The reason is unknown. Last week, Elon Musk’s AI bot Grok continued to post about “white genocide.”))

Singh is an AI researcher and uses the AI ​​tools themselves. She believes that AI may sometimes be used as a halt for a solitude epidemic. One is for seniors who seem to love it as a companion tool, she said. Another thing is, if someone has a state like Agoraphobia and they’re too scared to go out and talk to people, talking to AI bots may help them feel connected, and it can stem some of the more serious aspects of depression.

The problem arises when someone wants to cancel their dinner plans because they don’t want to see a friend in real life or feel anxious.

Regarding marriage statistics, Singh said General Z considers marriage to be an old security organ and wants to become more independent.

A recent report from the non-profit Common Sense Media is AI companions are not safe for people under the age of 18when they create emotional attachment and dependency. In this article, everyone Generation Z is an adulthowever, the complete mental effects of bot interaction have not yet been seen. Anecdotes, people are aware of their loved ones Believe in spiritual delusions For conversation with ChatGpt.

Despite the danger, both old and young will probably talk to fellow AI peers. “Even if it’s AI, it can be nice to have someone there,” Bronstein said.