AI girlfriends - are we doomed?

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AI companionship - the real loneliness cure or capitalism taking advantage? There's countless AI companion apps which have flooded the markets over the past few years, and people are starting to prefer them over human companionship. From friendship to girlfriends and yes, even marriage, what's caused all of this and is this the way forward? Let's connect: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BryonyClaire IG: https://www.instagram.com/bryonyclaire_vegan/?hl=en business enquiries only: [email protected] Timestamps: 00:00 intro 02:46 loneliness is all around 05:01 the perfect companion 12:10 the lonely men's cure 16:11 the many, many dangers 24:14 more loneliness, more money 27:57 final thoughts Videos referenced: @moreperfectunion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VJT2JeDCyw @SarahZ https://youtu.be/3WSKKolgL2U?si=YqHRQUHsGHQltAN9 Alex Cardinall interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNclJW85FQQ Studies referenced: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11179968/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mar.21899 Sources: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/press-releases/nearly-3-in-4-teens-have-used-ai-companions-new-national-survey-finds https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/grok-companions-include-flirty-anime-waifu-anti-religion-panda-rcna218797 https://www.tiktok.com/@verge/video/7528051805868084493 https://www.businessinsider.com/woman-says-dating-ai-chatbot-helped-her-heal-toxic-relationships-2023-6 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/19/socially-stunted-how-covid-pandemic-aggravated-young-peoples-loneliness https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-16/social-isolation-why-are-we-so-lonely/10493414 https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(25)00076-5/fulltext https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/relationships/love-and-sex/are-dating-apps-actually-making-us-lonelier https://www.americanprogress.org/article/covid-19-likely-resulted-in-1-2-million-more-disabled-people-by-the-end-of-2021-workplaces-and-policy-will-need-to-adapt/ https://data.who.int/dashboards/covid19/deaths https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/13/tinder-hinge-match-investigation https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23529587/consumer-goods-quality-fast-fashion-technology https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/06/ai-chatbot-encouraged-man-who-planned-to-kill-queen-court-told https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/12/i-felt-pure-unconditional-love-the-people-who-marry-their-ai-chatbots https://theconversation.com/we-need-to-stop-pretending-ai-is-intelligent-heres-how-254090 https://theconversation.com/teenagers-turning-to-ai-companions-are-redefining-love-as-easy-unconditional-and-always-there-242185 https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-swifts-history-stalkers-man-detained-eras-tour-1927647 https://theconversation.com/where-is-the-legal-line-between-celebrity-worship-and-stalking-228835 https://thewalrus.ca/teen-walrus-fans/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/he-visited-disneyland-every-day-for-eight-yearsthen-coronavirus-happened/ https://futurism.com/commitment-jail-chatgpt-psychosis https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/toxic-tech-new-polling-exposes-widespread-online-misogyny-driving-gen-z-away-social https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/romantic-ai/ https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/10/ai-girlfriend-site-breached-user-fantasies-stolen https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/25/joseph-weizenbaum-inventor-eliza-chatbot-turned-against-artificial-intelligence-ai https://www.zoominfo.com/c/glimpseai/557180717 https://getlatka.com/companies/character.ai https://www.gminsights.com/industry-analysis/ai-companion-app-market https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/06/social-media-algorithms-amplifying-misogynistic-content https://therapygroupdc.com/therapist-dc-blog/rage-farming-how-algorithms-monetize-outrage-what-you-can-do/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/14/facebook-aware-instagram-harmful-effect-teenage-girls-leak-reveals https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/04/22/teens-social-media-and-mental-health/ https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2023/06/14/the-impact-of-videos-of-police-violence-against-black-people/ https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/extreme-weather/