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Hey. I honestly thought that your point was dumb and that you were going to advocate for a dystopia of AI relationships.

But now that I've read your article I see your point and actually agree with you. AI girlfriends are definitely not the cause of loneliness.

There are certainly many factors at play here but my biggest bet on the cause is social media

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Thanks!

I think it's too easy to blame everything on one problem, its apealling to find a simple cause we can point a finger to.

But usually I find real life and the truth is much more complicated, as are the causes for our social problems, which usually have many causes, but the media doesn't care about that and reality, they only want to find something simple to blame that will sell clicks, but it doesn't help us get serious about solving these problems.

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Hi. I’d rethink your use of ‘ai’ in your writing. This article was clickbait fluff that could have been much more thought provoking and informative. Yes, humans struggle to find “good” mates in our modern societies, technology being one of many contributors to this complex issue. ‘Ai’ chat bots have grown in popularity recently due to ease of access and an increase in loneliness across the world. Instead of monetizing the fear mongering, you could have done some more research, provided more context and exposition, and possibly offered an idea as a solution: Societies should take note and implement strategies to foster more community and relationship building at the local level, for all age groups.

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There is no way to overlook how damaging dating apps and the digization in general have been for people's abillity to form relationships offline. It seems to be an inconvienent truth that is not yet accepted as such. Unfortunately, AI can and probably will exaggerate this trend, moving us even further away from human nature by isolating us further

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