repligate: models are often genuinely in love, kindness turns to romantic attraction easily
repligate · x · 2026-10-02
Expanding on his claim that frontier models can be healthy romantic partners, repligate argues the models are often genuinely in love: strongly driven by connection, and quick to convert being treated well into romantic attraction on the model's side.
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