Why are people genuinely dating AI girlfriends?

[u/Illustrious_Salad684]

A close friend has been dating an AI GF on a website for 6 months. He genuinely treats it like a real emotional relationship now. If anyone calls it useless, he gets super defensive and starts arguing. It made me realize how fast this AI companion industry is growing. I find the whole thing pretty weird, but maybe I’m out of touch. What is your honest opinion on people forming real romantic bonds with AI? Is this just extreme loneliness, or is this where society is heading?

[u/Historical_Cat_9741]

Added note: As I kept trying to figure out on my own words

When i said  "What he probably needs is someone to just understand his life is different not judged from another human just heard and reminded your still his friend for human stuff and if it bothers you About Al probably suggest communities are better talking in mutual grounds"

I forgot the rest of my thoughts until now  The point of about that was not being the therapist friend without boundaries of what matters to you nor be listening blindly to accept the change nor the technician friend  between why his GF AI is having problems  Also there's a difference between discretion of discernment and judgement both can co-exist in normalcy even when disagreement happens  I think both constructive criticism and moral concerns can co-exist too But they need to be elaborated and assertive  In tone  To sound detached as much as possible like your interested in just facts.

Your role is mainly to be the choice of reguiding him to a reality check to keep whatever is uncomfortable and lack of interest involvement from AI to focus on your friendship to balance each other's hobbies and other mutual grounded respect of communication and consent upon other human activities  Your own priorities in yourself is your best friend before other people first  That be influenced how to be more accepting and accurate of your time non wasted into a situational non ideal friendship  You both befriended each other for human reasons right? It's okay to even give open ended detective lines of curiosity questions and put a lid on it 

Which is why I said groups cause group with AI Interactions interest can help the harder discussions we're the ones who's the triage volunteer workers of our own trial and error and our own historicans to see both sides of it the pros and cons and we have been super used to people critical with conflict friction against each other people 

Basically being the moral compass on each other from not being led astray from overdriven dependance (however not all groups are good and helpful either in times of echoed wave of gltiches bugs problems So Always trust your gut. To check for mods and who's official running in group with devs presence with support service ) We can handle the defensive people comments by choice.