[scotty79]

> Companionship and intimacy, two things people desperately want and two things AI cannot deliver.

For a lot of people no human can or is willing to deliver that either. So I'd say alternatives are worth exploring. We already exploit other species to satisfy some of those needs partially.

[dpark]

The set of people who can’t find companionship or intimacy is not nearly as large as the black pill community would lead one to believe. Certainly it’s smaller than the target market for these sorts of services.

[scotty79]

Maybe for young people, but for older, increasingly significant percentage of people end up without companionship and intimacy. Even still being in formal relationships.

[dpark]

I wonder what the age distribution of users of this sort of product looks like.

[scotty79]

Probably somewhere between casual gamers and romance novels and movies enthusiasts. So I'd guess about 45 on average. Midlife crisis age.