Twenty-five-year-old Chinese office worker Tufei says her boyfriend has everything she could ask for in a romantic partner: he's kind, empathetic, and sometimes they talk for hours.

‘Better than a real man’: young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends::Twenty-five-year-old Chinese office worker Tufei says her boyfriend has everything she could ask for in a romantic partner: he’s kind, empathetic, and sometimes they talk for hours.

  • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
    123·
    5 months ago

    Is it loneliness or is it selfishness? They could get conversation online. This is a specific kind of “all about you” experience.

    I’m not really arguing against it. If a person is happier having those emotions generated by a computer, good for them.

    It’s kind of like porn, or a romance novel. Sometimes fiction is better than reality.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
      18·
      5 months ago

      This was literally a joke in 30 Rock: Pay per view “porn for women” where it was literally just a hot guy saying into the camera “Tell me how your day was”, “I think you were right”, and “Well it’s his loss”

      • HelloHotel@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        Thats literally the plot of Video Girl AI (its old and dont know if “AI” is ment to be understood as an acronym or a pronoun or both as a pun.)

    • maynarkh@feddit.nlEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Sometimes a relationship has to be all about one of you, it is two people leaning on each other. The thing is, I can see how it might be hard to find someone to lean on if you are not stable enough yourself for someone else to do the same.

      If anything, I’d say this is the opposite of selfish. Rather than going into a relationship just to satisfy your needs without being able to satisfy the other’s, you get to take care of yourself a little.

      I’m not a psychologist though, and I don’t know how this affects someone long term.