Will AI influencers replace real influencers? Will AI porn stars replace real porn stars? Will AI artists replace real artists? Will AI girlfriends replace real girlfriends? Will, in other words, AI fulfil a great swathe of our human desires? If you read the papers, you might be forgiven for thinking that within ten years, most people — and almost all men — will be hooked up to their computers and being fed crushed doritos through a tube.
I’m sure there is some extent to which this will be true. There is no one more tedious than the commentator who shrugs and sneers at all technological change, as if human culture has not evolved since Gutenberg had a smart idea for extending his library.
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