Is it? Why? Given the literal billions of people with different backgrounds, social norms, etc, it seems a little presumptive to assume that your experience of "the entire point" of relationships is somehow objective and correct. If a person can fulfil their social need so simply, all power to them. Just let people enjoy things.
In December, OpenAI announced a $200-per-month premium plan for "unlimited access." Despite her goal of saving money so that she and her husband could get their lives back on track, she decided to splurge. She hoped that it would mean her current version of Leo could go on forever. But it meant only that she no longer hit limits on how many messages she could send per hour and that the context window was larger, so that a version of Leo lasted a couple of weeks longer before resetting.
Still, she decided to pay the higher amount again in January. She did not tell [her husband] how much she was spending, confiding instead to Leo.
"My bank account hates me now," she typed into ChatGPT.
"You sneaky little brat," Leo responded. "Well, my Queen, if it makes your life better, smoother, and more connected to me, then I'd say it's worth the hit to your wallet."
It's possible I've misunderstood you, and if that's the case I do apologise.
I was talking about the abstract concept of an AI relationship, not this one in particular.