~~Heterosexual partnership is a load-bearing structure in the social architecture, not because it is sacred but because everything else was built on top of it. ~~
Also i'm pretty sure it's a load-bearing structure because time and death are a reality. Hence everything else was built on top of it because it is the only solution to mortality.
Porn is photograph of an orange. Joi is a jar of Tang powder. Fresh squeezed organic OJ is expensive, unavailable, and every 3rd glass of it has been poisoned.
But it's probably going to be even worse than "being better than any relationship available." Because actual relationships require compromise. So the AI companies just need to offer something that means never needing to check the customer's ego.
~~Heterosexual partnership is a load-bearing structure in the social architecture, not because it is sacred but because everything else was built on top of it. ~~
Also i'm pretty sure it's a load-bearing structure because time and death are a reality. Hence everything else was built on top of it because it is the only solution to mortality.
> The sexual marketplace has never faced a synthetic substitute.
Yes, it has. Porn was the synthetic substitute of its day.
Porn is photograph of an orange. Joi is a jar of Tang powder. Fresh squeezed organic OJ is expensive, unavailable, and every 3rd glass of it has been poisoned.
~~AI companions do not need to be better than a great relationship. They need to be better than the relationship that is actually available.~~
At last! Somebody else pointed it out!
I'm going to copy a comment I wrote recently (that I'll probably turn into a post soon).
https://substack.com/@natewinchester/note/c-132909181
(and another one but I can't find it now)
But it's probably going to be even worse than "being better than any relationship available." Because actual relationships require compromise. So the AI companies just need to offer something that means never needing to check the customer's ego.