[listless]

I had the same thought. Unfortunately, I think males are the ones in an epidemic of loneliness. Girls have easy options for immediate companionship - just jump on any dating app and swipe right once. That said, it’s the same guys hooking up with pretty much all the girls so certainly they are also desiring deeper, real connection.

Anyway. Good idea, but no way I’m messaging this thing on Telegram.

[mustacheemperor]

>just jump on any dating app and swipe right once

This ignores the very significant potential risks to personal safety which are simply much higher for women meeting new potential partners than for men. In addition to the stated distinction between companionship and casual coupling.

At least right now an AI bot can't

- pretend emotional investment to get sex

- lose its shit and harass you over message and at work when the relationship ends

- pressure you into coming over after meeting for coffee and repeatedly insist around you declining

- demand nudes and pout/manipulate if they don't get them

- anything else in the big bag of tricks any women in your circle could tell you about that requires being a thinking, communicating human being with the capacity for manipulation and selfishness

I've seen smarmy remarks online by men who seem convinced that AI girlfriends will really show these human women what's what, and we'll be so upset about the competition. No, please, if there was a digital resource toxic people could demand companionship from instead that might save the rest of us from it.

Of course, until an AI bot can also do the dishes and the laundry, I don't think they'll be much competition to the relationships those sorts of men seek with women.

[JohnFen]

> I think males are the ones in an epidemic of loneliness.

I think that this sort of thing is more likely to make loneliness worse, not better.

> Girls have easy options for immediate companionship - just jump on any dating app and swipe right once.

What? I suppose so, if what you're thinking of is just hooking up without concern for partner quality. If, however, what they want is an actual companion, it's no easier for women than for men (and I've heard many women make persuasive cases that it's harder for women.)

[justinclift]

> make persuasive cases that it's harder for women.

What are some examples of that?

[JohnFen]

I've heard several different complaints, but probably the most common one is that it's hard for women to find compatible men who are interested in real relationships. Most men seem to just want hookups, not taking the time needed to build something with substance.

This isn't a complaint I hear men make about women.

[justinclift]

Yeah, men (in the generalisation sense) could indeed have different complaints from women.

But that's not proof that the claim by women that things are harder for them is true. :/