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Tech companies made sure to divert social needs to parasocial relationships through a screen. People can watch a stream or stalk fake girls on social media and trick their brains into believing they have covered their social needs without having to put any energy on it. Now some people are starting to chat with AI as they were real people and it's only to get worse.