[educaysean]

My unsubstantiated opinion: Once AI gets to a point where AI agents can act "perfectly like humans", our preconceptions about "friendship" and "companionship" will fundamentally change. We will realize that we can develop deep bonds with AI as we do with other humans, with no "weirdness" attached.

There may still be holdouts, but the society will largely see them as old curmudgeons resembling the people of today who claim that "humans are incapable of maintaining long distance relationships, and you're only fooling yourself if you think you're in love". Or as a more extreme example, people who maintain that interracial or intercultural marriages are inferior to marrying in-group, because "shared experience" is fundamental to love.

All speculation, of course. But I'm a firm believer that humans are foolish and flexible - we're very easily fooled by anthropomorphic things, and AIs are the ultimate anthromorph. Our monkey brains don't stand a chance.

[kossTKR]

I think you're right. But in my view it's an incredibly sad future. Imagine a class of kids where no one's best friends with eachother but their AI's, no ones gaming together, no one as connected or have to time for their human peers, instead spending all of their time with hyper ultra addictive and friendly AI's.

Extreme solipsism and loneliness in reality, maybe not experienced but in reality.

No one will have time for the chaotic and very human traits that is the essence of actual human existence instead craving the super engineered dopamine machines AI will become.