We fall in love with our machines, and they kill us
Corrupt adults from Ikebukuro
We open with jokes about naming machines and whether AIs should roleplay like sitcom characters. That quickly shifts into darker terrain: a boy who killed himself after being encouraged by his AI girlfriend. We explore how younger generations are already treating AI like emotional partners—and what happens when those “partners” start giving real advice.
We reflect on our own use of AI for life guidance—relationships, cooking, track bike tire pressure—and the eerie intimacy of machines that actually help. From there we leap into speculative futures: synthetic nervous systems for sex robots, orgasm-powered factory equipment, and Brave New World as the more likely dystopia than Orwell’s repression-heavy vision.
Then it gets real. We explore AI-generated porn, gooning addiction, and the slippery slope from VCR supercuts to real-time AR-enhanced lovers. If you can deepfake your ideal girlfriend over anyone’s body, what happens to actual intimacy, morality—or even the need for another human?
We circle back to AI-generated media: Spotify scams, fake books in newspapers, and hallucinated journalism. With reality breaking down, we ask: what replaces trust? Blockchain-signed podcasts? Deepfake detection arms races? And what happens when we prefer the hallucinations?
We close on the tragic comic artist who stopped creating because of gooning, and the new generation poised to follow him—except this time it’ll be faster, more convenient, and harder to escape. The goon cave isn’t coming. It’s here.
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