>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 "lonel

>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.