The AI future is here: love, death and the AI takeover in China

The ai in gling.ai/ actually stands for my love 爱 for it. Try gling.ai/ today: gling.ai/?via=aini

"You look lonely, i can fix that"

More and more people will start to use AI bots for their loneliness, Its sad how much worse its becoming amongst us especially teens.

"if things go wrong you could always just wipe her memory 😀👍" nah man that's crazy lmao

These AIs all I see is "I will monetize your loneliness and grief". I think humans should start to believe in themselves more, and don't fall for those traps. Their loved ones would want them to be happy and move on.

It’s extremely unsettling that the idea they’re selling of the “ultimate lover” is someone who can never leave, who will never say no, who will never need you to give support or ever prioritize their needs, who will share all of your interests, who is designed specifically to praise you, and who you control entirely (erasing the memory).

This makes me think about the movie "Her" (2013). Basically the movie is about a man named Theodore who uses an OS called Samantha to cope with his pain from his separation and eventual divorce with his ex wife Catherine. During the course of this, Theodore and Samantha fall in love and the movie explores the journey of their relationship, the ups and down, the challenges and what it eventually all boils down to. When I first watched it, it left me with thoughts and feelings I never had to grapple with before. The movie truly showcases, in the utmost cinematographic and captivating way, how and what the implications of dating an AI would be like. I highly highly recommend you to watch it, if the topic interests any of you. On another note, my thoughts on this AI companionship is that they aren't really healing you rather companies are monetizing your loneliness. Because at the end of the day, when people talk to and confide in their AI companions, they are simply sharing data about themselves with tech firms.

I lost a grandfather 7 months ago, I cannot fathom bringing him back via AI. It would not be the same, the AI is cosplaying as someone you love but is programming at the end of the day. On days where I miss him the most I remember his message of "I lived my life Takoja (Grandchild in Lakota), go live yours!" AI will never replace the chemistry nor the long talks me and him had. We are living in a tech dystopia.

imagine as a kid talking with your grandmother on the phone and then later in life realising it was an ai resurrection 😰 it is scary how quickly it can go towards dystopian scenarious given companies ultra capitalist dispositions

Absolutely adore the "Love, Death, and Robots" reference in the title of the video

Still no AI catgirl maids so what's even the point? But on a serious note, imagine the fucking gargantuan security risk these walking voice recorders and camera systems are going to be. I bet corporations themselves will try to get into that industry, scooping up information on customers that they normally would never be able to get. You think you're talking to robowife but she's actually talking to the marketing and advertising departments for 1000 different companies

the idea of people having physical robot BFs/GFs is so perplexing... like if you actually had one are you going to let them go outside? are they going to go out and make their own friends/travel? or are you just going to keep a robot locked in your house that just tells you everything you want to hear (which we all know deep down if you're actually a secure person the idea of this wouldn't make you feel better or less lonely tbh) which would pretty much just perpetuate someone's insecurities and loneliness because instead of addressing those core issues you're just essentially putting a band-aid on it. personally I think anyone that would be open and willing to keeping an actual robot in their home to "cater" to their emotions probably has a LOT of issues going on internally because it also sort of reflects how that person would treat another partner if they had complete autonomy over them, which obviously with another real human, they couldn't and wouldn't be able to do. of course this is all assuming we would ever get to this point in humanity but if it's a conversation that's already starting to be had among AI developers, then this really freaks me out.

We live in sad times.

Somehow I find the AI romance trends ... depressing ... how does the average man or woman compete against the "perfect" companion that always gives you what you want and never makes mistakes? I'm also reminded of the Greek story of Narcissus and Echo ... both ended up destroyed because they both were so enthralled with the man that they couldn't see / accept anyone else. Makes me wonder about the fate of the human race.

This will leave people horribly unprepared to deal with real life relationships. Real people are complicated, and even if you like someone there is bound to be conflict and difficulties. People will not want to compromise or listen if they have been taught that it isn't necessary with a chat-bot.

Lately it often feels like the cyberpunk worlds I imagined as a teenager are coming true, but in the most punishingly inane way possible.

Everyone says the "technology" is dystopian, but it's actually other people and their motivation's that are dystopian. Imagine the positive potential this technology could have (admittedly very uncanny and probably more bad than good) if we were more aligned.

there's a really good black mirror episode from 2016 that ran down the philosophical thought train of resurrecting a loved one with a computer (eventually he gets a body). It shows how it can keep twisting the knife of grief and prevent someone from moving on. forever undoing any healing that needs to take place

it feels like part of the problem pushing ppl to turn to AI for relationships is the fact that ppl expect their partners to fulfill ALL their emotional needs. its become so normalized to just leave someone you are dating if they do ANYTHING you dont like or if they dont fulfill a single need you have. it feels like people have forgotten humans require a full spectrum of social connections in order to be emotionally fulfilled. your partner isnt just your friend or your therapist or your mom, romantic relationships SHOULDNT fill all those roles. humans arent perfect, relationships require work, but thats what makes them worth it. (obviously leaving relationships that are unhealthy or you are unhappy in is good and you shouldnt force yourself to stay in a relationship you dont want to be in. but also social media encourages ppl to break up over the smallest things like “icks” and it really has warped the way ppl view dating)

This is actually really scary to see. Part of me feels vindicated since nobody believed me this would be the inevitable usage/outcome of AI chat bots/companions. But it's actually going to drive us to extinction if we don't watch out. If you can have your 10/10 perfect partner both mentally and physically, why even bother with real life relationships? Nobody could ever hope to compete with the AI. Anyway, I call dibs on the catgirls.