Matt Walsh calls human-passing AI video chat illegitimate; loneliness debate erupts
SydSteyerhart · x · 2026-10-03
- Matt Walsh argues an AI video chat that passes as human has "no necessary legitimate applications," predicting elder scams, romantic attachment to non-existent people, and skyrocketing isolation and mental illness.
- SydSteyerhart counters that amid a loneliness epidemic—young men's drug use and suicides up an order of magnitude over 20 years—dismissing the technology ignores real needs AI companionship may serve.
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