text:  For my reporting, I tried out a life coach, a fitness coach, a bestie, and the psychologist. And I got to say, generative AI makes their responses feel very real, which is why some people are starting to spend a lot of time with these bots. All right. So tell us more about the attraction to this. I mean, what are they getting out of these relationships? Why spend time chatting with a bot instead of an actual flesh and blood person?