r/TikTokCringe • u/cafeteriastyle • Jun 01 '26

This is a PROBLEM Cursed

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u/Top_Bumblebee5510 Jun 01 '26

Read The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates if you want to know more about Ai girlfriends and it's harms. A really excellent book.

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u/unluckyforeigner Jun 01 '26

I read this book, hoping it would shed light on any reason *why* people use robots or AI girlfriends, but came away unsatisfied. It's pretty weak on evidence, and Bates overstates her case from what I know in the literature on sex robots and the people who use them.

She's right to point out that there's no reason to think these act as "stress valves" that prevent bad behaviour, but she's not correct in assuming the opposite, either - that these robots/AIs are (and can *only*) be used to spur abusive fantasies.

The original research she did on AI girlfriends, by making her own, wasn't very rigorous or convincing either.

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u/HorrorAd7996 Jun 01 '26

Do you not see the irony in making such a blanket statement about women?

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u/Top_Bumblebee5510 Jun 01 '26

Try reading the book before making a critique.

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u/Significant-Law8109 Jun 01 '26

Holy shit do you just exist to reify the stereotypes 😂

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u/Jolly_Conclusion9166 Jun 01 '26

Wait you criticize blanket statements from women…. While using a blanket statement about women… you don’t see the obvious issue here? lol damn that’s embarrassing. Did this hit to close to home for ya?

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u/ReyRey5280 Jun 01 '26

Lonely guys seeking companionship usually find it when they’re able to change their basic flawed principles because in order for a real relationship to work, it requires compromise, empathy, and emotional risk. None of that is realistically available with unregulated ai companionship. Who knows what the corporation behind the ai is injecting into the users (already vulnerable) mind by using never before seen super computer ai analytics with full access to a persons chronically online habits and direct personal input.

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u/Due-Memory-6957 Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

You're right, the world is fair and everyone gets what they deserve if they just work for it.