How native speakers pronounce “companion”

someone who makes them feel valued. So this is where the line between a tool and companion starts to blend. And this is serious business and it's lots of responsibility.

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but to how they're saying it when your companion is talking instead of loading up what you're going to say next

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that very soon we'll be able to build an AI that can act as a better companion to us than real humans. Imagine an AI that knows you so well,

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and it'll get to know you and it'll become this extension of yourself, this companion, this thing that just tries to, like, help you be the best,

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So the sharpest way I can put this is this. Let's say I've got a very powerful AI companion, right, that I'm consulting and I'm getting wisdom from and so forth.

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Seventy-two percent of American teenagers have formed a relationship with an AI companion. More than half use one regularly.

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