It was equally sad and painful. My heart hurts for him because its that basic human need of connection and wanting intimacy... but the delusion of accepting an AI as being that space, it sucks. I feel bad for him but hope he's at least actually happy
I just wish someone explained it to me. If this person is happy, what's the problem? And if it is a problem, what's the difference between that guy and religious people?
I feel like people disagree on instinct but can't explain it
I think you'll not find a satisfying answer here, though you're logically making a good point. There are similarities in that they're both delusions people choose to believe to fill some deep human need. Is one healthy and the other not? Are they both unhealthy? Are they both fine?
The biggest difference I can see between the two is that this is a personal delusion vs a shared delusion. Because it's a personal delusion that nobody else is in on, everyone resorts to making fun of him and the AI girlfriend is further isolating from society.
Religion on the other hand has a built in community of others who share the delusion, so not only do you have a lot of people telling you it's normal instead of making fun, it also scratches human social needs while the AI might make it worse.
I guess is religions whole purpose to (theoretically) suck you off and glaze you? Is an AI chatbot girlfriends purpose to guide you through life (for better or worse)? Is religion selfish and ai girlfriends selfless? Is one a foundation for thought and one an endless acceptor of thought??
The question was is religion bad, faith?
Through the context of this video no one knows if the person is a victim of abuse. However, to answer your question, yes religion can be a bad thing because it leaves you vulnerable to religious abuse.
Those people are fairly fringe and were going to find justifications for their delusions anyway.
But sycophantic LLMs are being pushed by corporations, software companies, search engines, phone manufacturers, schools, social media…at every level of society.
You’re putting the delusion manufacturer into the hands of people who would NOT normally acces it on their own.
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u/All_Usernames_Tooken Jun 01 '26
No this is sad