[turtleyacht]

Reminds me of Eric Bernes' Games People Play. Most folks will find person+AI satisfactory--up until a real crisis occurs, or a crossed transaction. People will react as they do.

Intimacy happens with AI, even when it's obviously AI. Finding the real will be as it has always been: people who lift you up and sharpen your thoughts.

As with all things, go in with eyes wide open :)