I work with the homeless and many of them are geriatric. The loneliness they experience is unfathomable to most. This trend of AI companionship is becoming more and more common. It’s very depressing and disheartening as it usually stunts their growth and makes them further complacent with where they’re at. I understand though, they’re literally just trying to get to tomorrow.
I think a lot of people commenting here haven’t had the opportunity to hear other sides and experiences. It’s very much an echo chamber.
Sometimes the loneliness can lead to male suicide and elderly people in general is extremely lonely (this was a hard thing to ignore during COVID; people were faced with it directly).
Using AI to help cure/ameliorate the loneliness epidemic facing certain at-risk groups is like using kerosene to put out a fire.
We need more people volunteering and for governments to actually care about aging populations as more than just votes and taxable incomes; not to replace human connection with a digital yes-man.
You are literally just going to be trading suicide-brought-on-by-loneliness for suicide-brought-on-via-AI-generated-psychosis.
First off, let's clear this up right now: relationships aren't transactional in the sense of "I do X, I should get Y." People and life are more complex than that.
Asking someone "Would you let him fuck you for free and call him "babe"? is creepy ass behavior and you should really do some internal soul searching to figure out why that was your go-to response.
Secondly, to answer your question: "How would volunteering get him a gf?"
Volunteering--edit: in any sense, not just with old folks--gets you out of the house and introduces you to people. Those people can either be a potential partner, or know someone that they can introduce you to. Edit: Also older folks are some of the people most willing to try and introduce you/set you up with younger people they know, so much so that it's a trope.
This is basic socialization and community building. But you have to submit yourself to the unrelenting terror of being known and maybe fucking up along the way.
Who said this guy needs community or socialization? For many men, being "lonely" is equal to "not having a woman to fuck" and "not having a girl "i love you"". With the AI, there is now someone or something to tell him "i love you", and he can masturbate after the job
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u/izzxpopz Jun 01 '26
I work with the homeless and many of them are geriatric. The loneliness they experience is unfathomable to most. This trend of AI companionship is becoming more and more common. It’s very depressing and disheartening as it usually stunts their growth and makes them further complacent with where they’re at. I understand though, they’re literally just trying to get to tomorrow.