If you could have the perfect, ideal partner for you, but they were a construct of technology, would you still want to be with them?

Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and robotics have been getting more advanced over the years and it is likely that they will one day get to the point where digital programs are indistinguishable from reality.

If such technology could hijack our brains to perceive these virtual worlds and people the same as we perceived real-life, could you see yourself living in this matrix?

Your artificial romantic partner could be tailor made for you with the ideal appearance, values, interests, humor, and personality traits. Everything you ever wanted and needed.

Would your mind change if you were single or unfulfilled in relationships for a long period of time? Even if it meant the possibility of dying alone?

lovelywarpedlemon

Nope, no interest without emotions and "the unexpected" things that can only happen between people. Unlike a robot, a romantic partner *isn't* there to serve me, but sometimes they choose to. That mutual choice and sense of chemistry is what makes relationships worthwhile. A robot can't see me, a robot is an extension of myself.