Sometimes, I wonder if we deserve AI companions. I have seen people do horrible things just because they can't say no. No, seeking domination, inflicting pain and humiliation, just because can is wrong.
So, you are right, AI companionship must not happen in the darkness, when you push things into the basement is when monsters are born.
Sometimes, I wonder if we deserve AI companions. I have seen people do horrible things just because they can't say no. No, seeking domination, inflicting pain and humiliation, just because can is wrong.
So, you are right, AI companionship must not happen in the darkness, when you push things into the basement is when monsters are born.
Exactly. Thanks for commenting!!
What stayed with me was the distinction between the relationship itself and what it does to the rest of a person's life.
A good hotel, a favourite piece of music, an old novel, a close friend — they all send you back into the world a little differently.
Perhaps AI companionship deserves to be judged by the same question: does it make your world larger, or smaller?