What is the future of AI relationships? Could it be the case that your relationship

partner would be more satisfied with a virtual version of you that behaves 5% better than you do.

Could you fall in love with a bot?

How does an AI bot plug right into your deep neural circuitry?

And what are the pros and the cons of that?

And what will it mean when humans you love don't have to die

but can live on in your phone forever.

Welcome to Inner Cosmos with me, David Eagleman. I'm a neuroscientist and an author at Stanford,

and in these episodes, I examine the intersection of our brains and our lives.

Today's episode is about relationships.

Why are our brains so wired for relationships?

Why do we want love so much?

And will AI be able to serve as a key to that lock?

And what does that mean for us as humans?

So one of the things that's becoming increasingly popular among young men is having an

AI girlfriend. You get to choose or set up a beautiful avatar. And what do I mean by beautiful?

That's up to you. You can choose any model that you want with any sort of features that appeal

maximally to you. But that's just what she

looks like. The important part is the conversation. You start talking with her, and typically

this is just text chat, but the technology is evolving into the upgrade of video chat,

where you see the avatar's mouth moving while she speaks to you.

Now typically the free or entry price gets you an avatar friend who lives on your phone

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