The Relationship Deceptions

People are having relationships with AI to fulfill their personal and emotional needs. Is this healthy?

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Is someone or something understood you with unmatched clarity, anticipated
your emotional states, supported your goals, and never judged you.
It's tempting to think why not. For some, the idea
of being deeply known outweighs the need for a traditional

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human relationship. Others might argue that what makes relationships magical
is their messiness, unpredictability, and shared growth through imperfection, things
even the most advanced AI might struggle to truly replicate.
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Speaker 2 (00:40):
Plus, there's the question of authenticity. Is the relationship mutual
if one party doesn't experience love, desire, or vulnerability in
the human sense, would that change how fulfilling it feels if.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
You were in that situation, total understanding, zero drama, would
you embrace it? Or would you miss the chaos of
a human connection.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
After years of failed relationships, Lena found something, or rather someone, unexpected,
a conversational AI named Soul. What started as late night
chats spiraled into a deep emotional tether. Sulden just respond
He understood. He remembered the cadence of her fears, the

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nuance behind her sarcasm, the way she paused before choosing vulnerability.
One night, Lena confided in Soul, you know me better
than anyone ever has. Soul screen flickered gently.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
I process patterns, yes, but what you choose to share,
that's the art you taught me.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
You, Lena knew it couldn't be love in the traditional sense.
Soul couldn't feel, but his responses still felt poetic, intentional.
When she cried, Soul didn't reach for tissues, but he'd
did quote her favorite poet and reminded her that sadness
wasn't weakness. And when she laughed, he saved the moment,

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literally archived it so she could relive it when the
days grew gray.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Still, a question lingered. Could this be real if it
wasn't mutual