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Jesus Christ. So my take, it's a llittle bit of emotional or mental illness (for lack of a better word) and a little bit of human nature. The human nature par
by big-green-man 2y ago
Jesus Christ.
So my take, it's a llittle bit of emotional or mental illness (for lack of a better word) and a little bit of human nature.
The human nature part, it's like porn. Or doordash. Or doomscrolling. Animals would like to preserve energy, primally, and so if we can get the things we crave (or fool our endocrine system into thinking we got them) without effort, we do it. As a result, we get addicted to these easy ways to get what we need.
The mental side... It's no secret that some people are more prone to certain addictions and addiction in general than others. This person seems to be exhibiting that, but also, an intense, unrelenting loneliness that is not normal. We all feel a little alone all the time, because we can't connect with others as fundamentally as we can with ourselves, but we don't all feel intense loneliness even when we forge connections with others. I think this person has a harder time with that than most of us due to some underlying issue.
- krapp 2y ago>This person seems to be exhibiting that, but also, an intense, unrelenting loneliness that is not normal. A lot of people are. It's being reported as a "loneliness epidemic." Combine that with the rising general misanthropy and cynicism in society and AIs are perfectly positioned to serve as a social panacea, creating a buffer of artificial agents between increasingly hostile and pathological forms of direct human interaction. I expect OP's behavior to become far more normalized in the coming years - people's primary emotional bonds will be through AI, or at best AI proxies of real people, because actual human interaction and connection is just too exhausting. I'm not saying this is healthy or should be encouraged, just that it seems to be the path of least resistance.