RE: Need a Friend?

These kids are not only immature, they are primed to be open to falling in love with a digital character. And it is nothing new. I was finishing high school when there were several reported suicides because of Tamagotchi pets dying. Urban myth?

Oh yeah, Gatebox!

And they talk, they get to know, they remember, they adjust, they are there when happy, there when sad, always ready with something to say, something that sounds plausible, believable - because it is personal. They become a perfect partner, a reflection of our deepest desires and know things about us that we wouldn't tell anyone else.

Yup, and now imagine that we can not only talk to our beloved A.I. and hear its lovely responses. But we can also touch it, sense it, feel it, love it physically and whatnot?

We have created an ecosystem of susceptible minds in bodies that are starved for intimacy and love.

Uhm yeah, kids nowadays are going to have a hard time overcoming those stupid inclinations towards suicide after their first virtual misunderstandings & disappointments in love if they do not have responsible parents who really take care of them and keep an eye on them at all times.