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I don't get it. What's wrong with pretending to have a relationship with an AI? Fantasy video games are super popular, and probably a more realistic experience than the current state of ChatGPT.
Yeah there's a bit of similarity to pursuing a "romance route" in a video game. Funny to think that it's more acceptable to fuck a fake bear in Baldur's Gate 3 than to have weekly conversations with a bot that pretends to understand your written words.
I suppose the key difference being that my wife in Skyrim is more akin to a one-night stand since she can't reciprocate my notes of affection.
In my opinion, it’s immoral to profit off of someone’s loneliness. Of course that’s a huge sector of the economy now and why dating apps focus on vapid, meaningless hookups rather than finding real working relationships, and cam girls exploiting whales, so on a so forth.
But I still think that things like AI girlfriends promote isolation, hostility, and anti-social behaviors that are harmful to society.