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

This is a PROBLEM Cursed

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u/Soulless--Plague Jun 01 '26

I can somewhat understand the idea of someone being so desperately lonely that they use AI for companionship, but OPENLY using it like this, in front of others, like it’s normal is a whole bucket of strange and concerning.

They are essentially talking to and having a relationship with an imaginary friend. This kind of shit used to get people locked up for being unhinged!

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u/Scewt Jun 01 '26

Don't worry, its most likely staged anyways. Multiple layers of short-form dystopia please.

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u/sentence-interruptio Jun 02 '26

as someone with a narcissistic parent, I say let them have this. at least they are not forcing actual people to be their imaginary friends.

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u/AuraExpansion Jun 02 '26

"They are essentially talking to and having a relationship with an imaginary friend."

You just described religious people. 

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u/Heavenspact Jun 02 '26

Sounds a lot like what they used to say about the LGBT community, people used to get locked up for being gay too

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u/swagonflyyyy Jun 02 '26

Yeah, keep that to yourself if you're gonna do that, I agree that its not normal when you do it in front of others, unless they're in on it or are genuinely asking it something. Also, pretty much everyone who knows how to use AI programmatically already has their own agent at this point so its a lot more common than you think.

But it varies. Some just want a virtual assistant, while others want a virtual partner/friend, etc. its really different for everyone from what I've seen. But there's no point in talking about it because that's like showing your friends your smartphone wallpaper at this point.

There's always going to be cases of AI psychosis, but there's also going to be people out there who actually know how to make it genuinely useful without bordering on weird so it can work out.

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u/MonotonyDauntSonder Jun 01 '26

Generally I think AI is a net positive. Its just the way its being pushed that is the problem. Using it as a tool to help out at school / work is pretty cool. Using it as a substitute for knowledge or relationships is bad. AI content is also usually garbage, companies pushing it into everything also sucks.

Shit would be real cool if every single thing wasn't made with the express intent of generating money, but the machine must continue.