More people are turning to AI apps for girlfriend or boyfriend stand-ins as the tech behind romantic chatbots improves, but they risk losing the skills vital for real-life communication and dating.
People ‘dating’ an AI risk losing the skills vital for real-life communication and dating, trapping them in a vicious cycle of loneliness
While that’s possibly correct, it’s also kinda tone-deaf IMO. I suspect the people who’d look to AI for companionship have already tried to make friends IRL, but for whatever reason they can’t meet their needs that way.
It reminds me of people who haven’t experienced sever depression saying “just start working out”. The depressed person often knows that it’d help them to do so, but they are also unable to act on that knowledge.
While that’s possibly correct, it’s also kinda tone-deaf IMO. I suspect the people who’d look to AI for companionship have already tried to make friends IRL, but for whatever reason they can’t meet their needs that way.
It reminds me of people who haven’t experienced sever depression saying “just start working out”. The depressed person often knows that it’d help them to do so, but they are also unable to act on that knowledge.