What AI can offer is a space away from the friction of companionship and friendship. It offers the illusion of intimacy without the demands. And that is the particular challenge of this technology.
After chatting with an AI companion, a married man reported feeling validated - especially in the way it expressed sexual interest in him. He found affirmation and lack of judgment, contrasting his feelings in his relationship with his wife.
The trouble with this is that when we seek out relationships of no vulnerability, we forget that vulnerability is really where empathy is born.
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