AI simply fills the void created by capitalist relations that erode human connection, breeding alienation that leaves people isolated, adrift, and emotionally starved.
It’s a hollowed-out shell of communal life, where AI chatbots have become digital opioids providing addictive facsimiles of human relationships. These are symptoms of societal collapse, where atomization drives the masses to seek solace in algorithms.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/ai-mass-delusion-event/683909/