Don’t Date Robots!

[“No, thanks, Dad. I'd rather make out with my Monroebot.”] Way back in the mid-2000s, Neil Strauss’s book “The Game” shone a spotlight on the so-called seduction community. One of the book’s main characters was pickup artist Erik von Markovik, who goes by “Mystery”. Uncharitably, I would describe Mystery as a creep who has made both a life and a business of manipulating women. In the year of our LLMs, 2026, it seems Mystery is now the one being manipulated. Specifically, his A.I. girlfriend Miss Shira Always has really messed with his head. It’s a disturbing situation, but the upside is that only one human being will be hurt by this “relationship”. Previously in A.I. paramours: Something to Fear and EmbraceLink: https://www.wired.com/story/pickup-artist-mystery-has-an-ai-girlfriend/