The appeal of AI girlfriends isn't the AI — it's that she can't say no

Men are turning to chatbots for romantic and sexual roleplay in rising numbers, and philosopher Isaac Shur thinks the reason has less to do with loneliness than with control. In a new essay for the American Philosophical Association's blog, the Northwestern PhD candidate argues that what men actually want from an AI girlfriend is "fine-grained control over a sycophant" — a partner who never refuses, never fights back, and never requires consent. — Read the rest The post The appeal of AI girlfriends isn't the AI — it's that she can't say no appeared first on Boing Boing.