Blogger predicts AI will skew male: 'AI gf' concept may not pan out
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-28
@dystopiangf argues that as AI develops real economic utility, it will be perceived as male. Citing her experience in a self-driving rental car that 'felt like a man,' she claims the AI girlfriend concept may fail because hypercompetent machines will naturally fill the protector role and become the object of hypergamy, making the product feel emasculating instead.
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