It really concerns me that people are now having romantic relationships with AI. What are your thoughts on this?

It's already hard enough building connections for people. I can't imagine this will help, it can only hurt. I imagine the future to be lonelier if this trend continues.

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Rudboy41 · 41-45, M

My thoughts: it is a technological step towards furthering domestication of men, one that will increase the brave human alpha male selection for single human females looking for potential male partners.

It works in the woman's favour that undesirable males stay home and play with their computers and toys, Ai gives men the option to pull girls at home instead of going out to pull a real girl.

SlippingAway

@Rudboy41 That's a take I didn't consider

Rudboy41 · 41-45, M

@SlippingAway Yeah, something else to think about is a guy named Harry Harlow, remember he did those terrible experiments on monkeys with surrogate artificial mothers.. Compare Ai as humans surrogate source of comfort, its just better tech, smarter labs and bigger monkeys.

https://medium.com/@vivcraske/bots-cloth-monkeys-or-ai-friends-and-lovers-cdf1a1a90d51