America's Population is Declining, AI Plays a Role?
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to make waves, with some commentators emphasizing that AI leads to loneliness. Romantic loneliness included.
In an article AI girlfriends are ruining an entire generation of men Liberty Vittert, says that virtual AI girlfriends are enabling the silent epidemic of loneliness in an entire generation of young men. It is also having severe consequences for America’s future.
The author dubs virtual AI girlfriends ridiculous but also emphasizes that they’re garnering popularity.
“One influencer created an AI bot of herself named Caryn, then gained over 1,000 users (i.e. real boyfriends) in less than a week and a waitlist of more than 15,000 people,” she writes.
She then goes on to explain that she understands why the whole concept is attractive as you get to choose what these girls will look like and thus create the perfect species.
So, what’s the problem?
Mostly that it affects our ability to be in a relationship. She cites “the hard numbers” that show that over 60 percent of young men (ages 18-30) are single, compared to only 30 percent of women the same age.
“One in five men report not having a single close friend, a number that has quadrupled in the last 30 years. The amount of social engagement with friends dropped by 20 hours per month over the pandemic and is still decreasing,” she writes.
In terms of real-life consequences, this means that fewer babies will be born and the US will have less workforce to sustain its current welfare and economic model.
Is this assessment grounded?
It is indeed so that in the first world the population is steadily declining. And not just in the US.
According to EU’s statistical arm Eurostat, the bloc’s population will decrease by 6% between 1 January 2022 and 1 January 2100, equivalent to 27.3 million fewer people.
Hence the widespread need for immigration that allows to fill in jobs and maintain the social welfare system.
Likewise, GN Crypto has tried out what is called an AI companion and can in good faith state that it’s possible to get used to one’s own echo chamber. In our extensive overview, we noted that the AI creates an illusion that you really have a friend.
This is dangerous but it is still not clear whether AI is the one to blame for all the loneliness and failure to have children.
Previously, GN Crypto reported that Artificial Intelligence (AI) extracts sound from photos.
