Change Comes for Romance Too: Why AI Girlfriends Will Reshape Human Motivation
danfaggella · x · 2026-09-05
AI commentator Daniel Faggella argues that believing work relationships will be swapped for AI while romantic partners stay human is self-soothing. His essay traces how hyper-customized AI companions — from generative imagery to fully tailored AI personalities — will offer men the benefits of relationships without the effort, at a time of record isolation and porn addiction, and can even simulate the 'hard parts' of relationships more richly than reality.
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