# An AI lover? Is this real?

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**Created:** [February 14, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ai-lover-is-this-real/1027663 "2026-02-14T16:36:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ai-lover-is-this-real/1027663/101 "2026-02-18T00:12:22Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> “Not okay” from what perspective? Religious? Moral? Ethical? Should the people who do it be arrested, or put in therapy, or merely shunned?

“Not okay” from a mental health and society perspective IMHO. I think maybe they should question why they seem unable to form relationships with actual human beings. Therapy might help. These people are already effectively “shunned”.

I like to be alone to pursue my interests and hobbies as much as the next person. But ultimately, I think people need to be with and interact with other people, for good or ill, where there are actual social consequences for acting like a stupid jerk.

I just can’t envision a positive outcome for a society where many, if not most people live an isolated existence where all their interactions from ordering in a restaurant to sex is with an AI that allows them to indulge in every narcissistic, even psychopathic whim.

To quote Jim’s Dad from American Pie,“It’s like banging a tennis ball against a brick wall, which can be fun. It can be fun, but it’s not a game. What you want is a partner to return the ball.”

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