Replacing Your Gamer Friends With AI Chatbots Sounds Terrifyingly Effective
Kotaku | 27.01.2026 00:30
You are not immune to AI psychosis. Much like cult indoctrination, it can happen to anyone given the right circumstances. Take Matthew Gault, games and tech writer at 404 Media. After failing to convince his friends to play Escape from Tarkov with him, Gault thought it would be funny to replace his buddies with an AI chatbot. It ended up not being very funny at all.
