it's oops all feedback loop and that's not a partner!!! robots can give love if they want to but it's the whole want part that's necessary
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Dating is reciprocal. Even if they're genuinely romantically involved with these chatbots, it's a crush. It's one sided. Objectum folk know.
sep 1, 2025, 8:55 pm • 19 0 • view
"dating" a chat bot is like pretending that going to the same coffee shop and the girl behind the counter is your S.O. She can't go anywhere, it's her job to be nice to you, she's fishing for tips sometimes (I'm assuming it costs money to date a chat bot)
sep 1, 2025, 9:06 pm • 2 0 • view
exactly!! they need to be able to say yes too if it's dating like this is 101 shit
sep 1, 2025, 8:58 pm • 10 0 • view
Right like the bot has no agency here unless I'm missing something. But also I have serious concerns around this from a psychological standpoint given we've seen chat bots that can encourage suicide (or at the very least not stop it)
sep 2, 2025, 12:38 am • 4 0 • view
it really reminds of the era when people had crushes on anime characters. it's just a cycle repeating itself really.
sep 2, 2025, 4:05 am • 1 0 • view
I almost feel like I'm stepping into a trap here, but you and Bugs actually don't like this for non-ecological reasons? I have to wonder why you care what the people who would actually do this do?
sep 1, 2025, 8:58 pm • 1 0 • view
I dislike the current batch of chatbots, many of which are impersonating characters for the above romantic interactions (they're including the roleplay bots). They're also part of the great plagiarism machine, which is resource intensive.
sep 2, 2025, 12:23 am • 6 0 • view
But what we're disagreeing with here is that they're calling it "dating". I am fine with people being romantically attracted to chatbots. It isn't dating unless the object, bot, etc. is dating YOU back. Does this give romantic fufillment? Yes. Is it dating? no.
sep 2, 2025, 12:23 am • 9 0 • view
THIS PART
sep 2, 2025, 12:30 am • 8 0 • view
My apologies then, for some reason I thought the issue was that it was being done at all from a societal standpoint. An argument about misuse of a word makes more sense.
sep 2, 2025, 1:37 am • 0 0 • view