In my opinion, there’s an elephant in the room that needs to be pointed at and I fear that it’ll be too late to do anything, because the way I look at it sometimes is with the perspective that we all want to be happy without making any effort in taking on the burdens of a relationship.

On a side note: The featured image was actually created by AI. I can already imagine someone throwing a chair at me and screeching in frustration.

Accepting someone can be intimidating, as you don’t know if you are just walking into a minefield. The energy to satisfy this combined effort of two people can sometimes be overwhelmingly draining.

If you had the option between an AI or robot partner that could adapt to your every mood and a human whose acceptance or tolerance might change over time, it seems likely that most people in the future would choose the robot partner.

Like everything else, I’m focusing on loneliness because without narrowing it down to a motive, there would be too many variables to consider. A lonely person remains alone no matter how many friends they make. And “friends” is a term best reserved for people you can count on one hand, as nowadays most of us only have acquaintances.

Then there’s the motivated Silicon Valley/techbros destroying society in their path to shape it into whatever they want. Consider the following: If you had the money to influence millions indirectly, wouldn’t you do it to benefit your technology?

It is happening already where TikTok influencers are saying “AI is their best friend”. It’s a ridiculous statement. However, the tone of the content is to normalize it and make it okay.

Are my claims bogus? Maybe. I’m a jaded person. Eventually, in my opinion, AI will be normalized through influencers and the things it can do for you until they can move to the next step: satisfy that demand for solution on loneliness.

The thing is, you don’t really have to agree with me. I’m not going out of my way to put on my tinfoil hat and assume that it will exactly happen as I say it. I am merely observing that media influences are as real as can be and as soon as something is normalized it can lead us either to a better society, or just a crappier one.

But who’s impacted, really? I’d say that anywhere considered a first-world country would be the first to go down that rabbit hole. Anything below that you’ll have to consider that the reach worldwide would take decades to achieve. If you have internet, it is easier to just be actively influenced versus someone who can’t afford internet, cable, or heck, even a phone.

In my eyes, it would be easier to just invest in places with strong economies where you can just pay your way into the masses and promote whatever you want. Yet, is society really that fickle?

I don’t know.

Does it matter if it happens and everything is normalized? Well, that’s where I struggle sometimes. Technically, it shouldn’t matter as long as you are happy and not hurting anyone. I don’t know if the price we are paying as a society would be too high either as it could impact birth rates.

Should we care about a society that hasn’t given you, perhaps, the ability to be social and connect with others? I guess that’s more of a question for the person seeking this path. Things can be tough depending on the predicament you are in, and social life can be a disaster if you are in the circle of unsuited people.

For all I know, I just love talking about these subjects. What do you think?