Topic > Technophiles: Love And Love - 1290

To love is to experience the interactions of emotions between two beings. Beings with artificial intelligence do not have the capacity to love; they cannot feel, since humans cannot program emotions into their software. Many argue that AI responds similarly to humans, sparking a spark of love in subsequent conversations. However, these answers are simply chosen from a predetermined database. Therefore, the love felt by man and machine cannot be considered true love. “Love, as you will see, is not lasting” (Fredrickson 108), it must be renewed to foster the continuation of relationships, and therefore emotionless AIs cannot make great strides towards improving their relationship with a human . This crosses ethical lines regarding love because technology is essentially consuming the love lives of others. Those who are romantically involved with machines lose the ability to create and maintain relationships with other humans, as they are conditioned to believe that love between a machine and a human is more useful. Due to the lack of connections between technophiles and the rest of humanity, many technophiles turn to AI as it is more convenient, easier to interact with, and generates less painful experiences. This results in the personification of AIs as a means for technophiles to mimic human relationships without actually being involved in a human-to-human relationship.