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Ex-Google CEO warns that 'perfect' AI girlfriends could spell trouble for young men
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2024
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casually looks at male suicide rate
Not all mental illness manifest as suicide. I would have thought that obvious.
The data on OCD, anxiety, self harm, eating disorders are all there for anyone who is interested and if anyone wants to discuss mental health in young people, especially in women, I’m here.
If you want to make it a game of boys v girls downvoting, you can all fuck off and come back when you’ve grown up.
When a mental health issue affects men and women equally you end up with more women at the doctor and more men dead.
But that's besides the point. Schmidt is calling out his concern for young men in particular because I think he knows a thing or too about what people google and what obsessive behaviours they can fall into especially regarding sexual fantasy.
He already has a front row seat to stats on porn addiction and how this fuels male isolation in particular. If you read the article you'll see it cites an example of a young boy committing suicide through his romantic interactions with a chatbot.
Women are exposed to impossible beauty standards and have higher anxiety, OCD and other disorders than men. But Schmidt isn't referring to that.
Men are lonely, have lower life satisfaction, and are far more likely to get sexually addicted to increasingly sophisticated immersive porn.
Have you heard of the manosphere?