Reading about AI boyfriends/girlfriends makes me think that a true artist can actually see the future.
(It's friday night and I'm choosing to see the glass half-full).
In 1989, Kate Bush released "Deeper Understanding" (written and produced by her).
The lyrics:
"As the people here grow colder, I turn to my computer
And spend my evenings with it like a friend
I was loading a new programme
I had ordered from a magazine
Are you lonely, are you lost?
This voice console is a must
I press execute
Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired
I bring you love and deeper understanding
Hello, I know that you're unhappy
I bring you love and deeper understanding
Well, I've never felt such pleasure
Nothing else seemed to matter, I neglected my bodily needs
I did not eat, I did not sleep, the intensity increasing
'Til my family found me and intervened
But I was lonely, I was lost
Without my little black box
I pick up the phone and go, execute"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7C6yCx_aiY