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Money rarely follows those that have good intentions. The intentions are rarely even part of the equation there. And as Tinder has already showed us, there’s a lot of money in keeping people lonely, giving them just enough but not too much. Something tells me that the large majority of those building AI companion bots do not have good intentions in mind. Of course, only time will tell, but considering the track record of such topics so far I doubt this is the way to go.

> The bots could be created with the intention of making human relationships better, not worse. It could call out harmful behavior or point people into better directions, and similar ways.

(1) Are those the kind of bots being created?

(2) Are those the kinds of bots that will be commercially successful?

1: https://erichartford.com/meet-samantha

2: ...Nope.

> 2: ...Nope.

Well... shit.

Intentions are useless in this case. What matters are the incentives.