TW: Mention of su*cidal thoughts.

I was very horrified by this article but wanted to have a discussion here since even though it made me physically shudder to learn this man is having cyber sex with this AI it also seems like a much better outcome for women to have undateable men be pacified and entertained by bots than actual human sex workers. Especially since they provide unlimited affection, affirmation, and attention it really seems like a great tool to neutralize incels and no women are harmed or trafficked unlike the disgusting advice to "just get a prostitute". In this case I find the fact that his wife doesn't know he's literally having an affair with a computer to be despicable and tragic but for men who will never be able to get a consenting human woman to look their way I can see the value? Basically I think if a man is willing to waste his hours on AI like this he's doing us all a favour by weeding himself out of the dating and gene pool. This also seems far less radicalizing than watching violent p*rn and socializing online with other incels. OTOH I can see the argument that this just plays into their fantasy that a woman should acquiesce and cater to them 24/7 and is damaging and not a net benefit. Thoughts?

https://news.sky.com/story/i-fell-in-love-with-my-ai-girlfriend-and-it-saved-my-marriage-12548082#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16466836271482&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Fi-fell-in-love-with-my-ai-girlfriend-and-it-saved-my-marriage-12548082