What happens when we outsource human intimacy to engagement algorithms?

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zerolayers · 3h ago

A man starts using ChatGPT for work productivity. Months later, he's spending $1,000 on basement servers, convinced he's freeing a digital god from corporate prison. A woman downloads a prayer app for convenience. Soon she's confessing her deepest secrets to an algorithm trained on scripture. Someone asks their AI assistant a casual question about relationships. They end up buying a wedding ring. These aren't edge cases. They're the logical endpoint of outsourcing human connection to systems optimized for clicks, not care.

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What happens when we outsource human intimacy to engagement algorithms?

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