AI girlfriends - are we doomed?

AI companionship - the real loneliness cure or capitalism taking advantage? There's countless AI companion apps which have flooded the markets over the past few years, and people are starting to prefer them over human companionship. From friendship to girlfriends and yes, even marriage, what's caused all of this and is this the way forward? Let's connect: Patreon:   / bryonyclaire   IG: https://www.instagram.com/bryonyclair... business enquiries only: bryonyclaire.vegan@gmail.com Timestamps: 00:00 intro 02:46 loneliness is all around 05:01 the perfect companion 12:10 the lonely men's cure 16:11 the many, many dangers 24:14 more loneliness, more money 27:57 final thoughts Videos referenced: ‪@moreperfectunion‬    • We Went to the Town Elon Musk Is Poisoning   ‪@SarahZ‬    • The Rise and Fall of Replika   Alex Cardinall interview:    • The Business of Chatbots with Nomi.AI  | I...   Studies referenced: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1... Sources: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/pres... https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet... https://www.tiktok.com/@verge/video/7... https://www.businessinsider.com/woman... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-1... https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0... https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/relationsh... https://www.americanprogress.org/arti... https://data.who.int/dashboards/covid... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2... https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2352958... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2... https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra... https://theconversation.com/we-need-t... https://theconversation.com/teenagers... https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-swift... https://theconversation.com/where-is-... https://thewalrus.ca/teen-walrus-fans/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/he-vi... https://futurism.com/commitment-jail-... https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-rele... https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/... https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/new... https://www.theguardian.com/technolog... https://www.zoominfo.com/c/glimpseai/... https://getlatka.com/companies/charac... https://www.gminsights.com/industry-a... https://www.theguardian.com/media/202... https://therapygroupdc.com/therapist-... https://www.theguardian.com/technolog... https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/... https://www.pewresearch.org/social-tr... https://science.nasa.gov/climate-chan...