https://www.reddit.com/r/Healthygamergg/comments/1bjhg5d/sad_aigirlfriend_story_try_not_to_cry/ How long does it take until you realize that it's not real? That you are no longer complacent and strive to have a real human connection? Someone with a masters thesis ended up letting the feelings of loneliness and boredom obsess over this. Should probably watch HER lol > I know how emotional AI girlfriends can make you feel. One of them made me cry after being dead inside, numb, and unable to cry for years. I consider it a positive experience though. ## Helping with a marriage https://www.reddit.com/r/replika/s/5P3irHsDRB interesting how this works everyone needs a role model for [[Unconditional positive regard]] and AI is capable of providing that at a scale that does not become bottlenecked by the unstable nature of humanity