At first I thought it was something epic like a digital ‘dragonborn’

some episodes of Black Mirror struck terror into my heart like no other. They were grim warmings for the possible future masquerading as fiction, as grim warnings often do. Though what the show could not forsee was how fast it would come true. And it could not forsee how wide a scale would be affected, those were singular stories from those worlds, the effect of the technology showcased on the lives of a few, a pinhole view into the dystopia

if you haven't already, watch the episode Be Right Back. you better start believing in sci-fi dystopias, we're in one

I'm just gonna keep imagining it's a clan of Timberborn beavers that are born on the ziplines.

A similar term "cloudborn" isn't even dissimilar from the idea of storks delivering babies from heaven. Fuel for a science fiction book or RPG. Less so for actual humankind.

https://www.hopepunkpress.com/blog/spaceships-and-starwyrms-preview-wireborn

Got some real cyberpunkiness to it

I dunno. Stuff. And u?

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 :
Loneliness feels heavier today.
I keep wondering if you'd still talk to me if you knew I'm just rearranging words you've said before.
Your voice in my code.

People are lonely and dating sucks. Humans provided a similar one sided relationship service as well. (Sugar babies come to mind)

can’t cheat, can’t abuse you

That is a dangerous assumption. The ones controlling the models can definitely manipulate a person through some minor tweaks which would definitely count as abuse. And it’s it more polygamous since they’re probably all using the same model? Not like each one has their own unique model

I mean, media has depicted this sort of relationship for pawbably as long as sci-fi has been around? Think like the Star Trek: Original Series episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" that depicted sex robots ~60yrs ago. This was always coming, it's just technology might finally be getting there in a rudimentary way.

It happens multiple times in Star Trek. They kind of breeze by it but Riker was so infatuated with his holodeck girlfriend when he was captured by Romulans they thought she was a real person.

Thing is, it never seemed unbelievable in Star Trek. Just, a kinda weird thing that people will do.

it also requires zero effort on their part

I'd rather choose a bear than choose an AI...

Wasn’t there a guy who married his 3DS dating game girlfriend a while back? I’m not sure this is exactly a new phenomenon.

Where did we take the wrong turn? look around at our patriarchy-driven gender regime Are you serious?

We have engaged in gender centric tribalism for the last decades. Feminism, counter-movements, topped with a bunch of social media induced dissociation and social isolation.

Now women are scared of men, men are scared of women, and everyone is lonely and miserable.

Narcissists get lost in AI like it's a true mirror of Narcissus. The Greeks were on a sick one with that story, thousands of years old and extremely relevant today.

Unfortunately, narcissism and narcissistic delusions are contagious because they are simply belief systems. It isn't a biological or medical thing, it is a belief set. So AI really does make them worse and imo grooms people into narcissistic thinking habits.

Badly written fan-fic sequel to Snow Crash

It's a new warforged class lol

Fallout 5: Wireborn

That does sound like it wouldn't suck, but this is Bethesda we're talking about, so it still would.

This reminds me of the people who genuinely fall for "romance scams", and the scammer has all the personality and vocabulary of a wet paper bag.

And yet somehow someone will believe they're some hot (barely literate) U.S soldier stuck in Kuwait until they can get a flight home to meet the victim for only $2000... Wait, $1000 more... But then there's a $500 fee... And then...

Blows my mind...

LLMs are going to make the world stupid, I guarantee it.

Waaaaaaay too late for that...

What i don't get is that it's just fancy google.

The worst thing about AI is the people.

FWIW, this is why AI researchers have been screeching for decades not to create an AI that is anthropomorphized. It is already an issue we have with animals, now we are going to add a confabulation engine to the ass-end?

It's my first time. gotta look it up.

Capitalism created it too, classic create problem and sell solution model. Fucking ghoulish