Digital addiction is spiraling out of control as people attempt to combat loneliness by falling in love with AI girlfriends, a top psychologist has warned.
There have been some fruitful discussions under this article, which is commendable. I would, however, like to remind you to abide to the rules, especially Rule 1. Be nice and civil. Thanks!
Maybe we should do something about the modern (male) loneliness problem instead of piling onto AI. It’s just the symptom, not the problem.
We need male spaces
We need everyone spaces to be less judgy and full of canceling.
We need everyone spaces and we also need seperate spaces.
And what’s this male loneliness problem you’re talking about?
What would be a reasonable solution?
Edit: Downvoted for asking a question? How many lonely people are here? I mean, I know I am one, but guys… just answer.
Good role models. Currently we have Andrew Tate or the Man-Children in Hollywood movies. Both not ideal, especially the first one.
Understood.
But where is this male loneliness problem happening?
I mean, sometimes I feel lonely, but it’s not like it’s chronic, or that all my male friends are all lonely like in an epidemic.
There is a real issue with loneliness https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/16/who-declares-loneliness-a-global-public-health-concern
Although I do agree the “male” part is misleading, loneliness affects women more, although the stats are close enough that it can be considered a general issue of loneliness.
I guess the AI girlfriends is a male symptom, but I’ve also seen AI boyfriends floating around. So it really seems like a gender neutral issue
Your comment is only an hour old with 6 up votes and the link you’ve posted is already dead.
Sorry, server! 😂
Still works for me too
Not dead for me, just opened fine.
Works perfectly for me as well.
Better than them doing mass shootings… Also these AIs seem pretty preachy on morality, so this really one of those social phenomena that’s only a problem of we problematize it.
More of a wait and see problem, than a lives are at risk problem.
AI is there when humans aren’t.
Your data is their when privacy isn’t
Eh, data protection is overrated.
How long until these are integrated into sex dolls and we have a real life Ex Machina?
I think red pillers have been waiting for this to happen. For real women to be unnecessary.
I’m not a red piller, and I can’t wait for this to happen.
Girlfriend for the human connection, sex bot for the things girlfriend doesn’t want to do.
Come on, Mary Anne, why don’t you try on the fucking Birdman costume just once?!!!
Interesting angle. An inflatable one might be a little cheaper.
Not the same, and not the point.
I put on a Catwoman costume on an inflatable doll and ask it to lick my nostrils, I’ll get nothing. Maybe an “eh” experience.
Enter the sex robot with human-like behavior. In the end, a sex robot is a thing. You kick a football, the football won’t complain, it won’t feel pain. A sex robot can endure virtually any sordid fantasy you may have, and it will be fun!
Then you go cuddle with your human girlfriend and listen to all her stories in a happy mood.
I did not say it was either the same or the point, elbarto777.
That was a joke, but I see your too laserbeam focused on your own genitals to see anything else.
Wait, a sub-thread about sex robots, and I can’t focus on my genitals? GTFO!
It would probably be for the best, if red pillers could fulfill their needs this way instead of reaching a breaking point and resorting to violence.
Let’s at least use the right clip:
Both are applicable, just different flavors
Addiction is whatever attention seeyker don’t like because it’s got your attention more than them. Attention seekers are the ones who’s will label you as attention deficit.
Your ai gf tell you that?
Gonna need a skin graft after that burn…
Oh I’m not interested in those.
Addiction is a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence.
Don’t blame someone else for your addictions. That’s just pathetic.
I don’t have any addictions.
Spoken like a true addict.
K.
I’d say that addiction is real, especially when it interferes with important parts of your life. And the thing is that many if not most apps, including AI companionship apps, are built to retain user attention, so they will employ methods that can artificially induce addictive behavior.
Who decides what’s important?
You do.
And if I decide cocaine is what’s important, why is other people’s judgement what matters?
Disclaimer: I don’t do cocaine.
