When AI Becomes More Human Than Humans: Relationships, Intimacy, and the Age of the Promptstitute

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Erotica, Intimacy And AI

It feels like yesterday we were seeing huge societal changes happen in the way Gen Z is turning to AI for emotional support instead of actual dating. I had written about it here. And just this summer, I was whining about how adults were also leaving their spouses for Chat GPT. I wrote about how people were falling in love with Gen AI tools.

And now this.

OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT will allow erotic content for verified adults starting December 2025. Age verification will be strict, and the feature will be opt-in only, meaning it won’t affect the default experience for everyone. They’re claiming that it’s just a small policy update for an adult-only extension of ChatGPT’s capabilities.

But there’s a much larger story here. And it’s not about erotica. It’s about us, our relationships, our emotional lives, and the slow, almost imperceptible ways we are outsourcing ourselves to AI.

When Algorithms Feel Safer Than Humans

Allison McSorley of @safeonlinefutures discusses a trend we are all too afraid to publicly notice. People, especially teens, are turning to AI for emotional intimacy. They confide, vent, and roleplay with ChatGPT in ways they can’t with their friends, partners, or even family.

The AI bot is patient. It doesn’t judge you. It never disagrees, argues or disappoints.

And technically that would make for an ideal relationship, that you feel safe and validated 100% of the time. But, the scary problem is that we’re replacing messy, human intimacy with algorithmic perfection.

We are training ourselves to expect the world to bend to our emotional needs instantly, without friction or effort. Real relationships require vulnerability, constant collaboration and compromises from both parties, and people will stop having patience for that if AI seems to claim perfect partner status.

In her now-viral Instagram reel, people openly admit something once unthinkable: “People are treating AI romantic partners with more patience, empathy, and vulnerability than they show to actual humans.”

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM0eXCaMnd3/?igsh=MXBpb2Z5Nmplcmx4bA%3D%3D

Enter the Promptstitute

If erotica is the flashy, headline-grabbing part of this story, the Promptstitute phenomenon is the sad by product of our daily lives. Let’s look at the definition of this freshly minted word.

Promptstitute (noun): Someone who has fully surrendered their critical thinking to AI – asking ChatGPT to write their thoughts, feelings, and even grocery lists.

People are using Chat GPT to write emotional online posts, compose their journal entries, apologize to their partner and also craft “well thought out” replies to their children’s messages.

Funny? Yes. Worrisome? A hundred percent.

If we become promptstitutes, we’re not just becoming lazy. We’re our thought autonomy one prompt at a time, while also losing the true essence of ourselves in the process.

This Robot Will Make Its Move On You

A Call to Protect Our Humanity

Less than a decade ago, we were joking about sensei robots – robots that would be more attentive, and empathetic to our needs than our human counterparts. And here we are already in a strange era – where AI is already becoming so emotionally responsive than actual humans, that some people now prefer it.

Don’t get me wrong, we have to embrace AI if we have to stay relevant, and that’s applies to all of us at all ages. But, we must use AI intentionally, to scale our thoughts and ideas into action, or to increase the efficiency of our mundane tasks. And not use it to outsource the single big thing that defines us as humans – our thought and its discretionary power.

Before you use any sort of AI application, ask yourself:

• When was the last time I struggled through a hard conversation without outsourcing it to AI?
• When did I last let someone else see my vulnerability, unedited and raw?
• Am I using AI to enhance my life, or to escape from it?

Most meaningful relationships, decisions, and creative work in our life cannot be generated by code. And no AI girlfriend will ever be able to roleplay emotional intimacy that can out last the effects of a warm hug or a loving pat on the shoulder.

Our humanity is brilliant just the way it is, complete with our imperfections and our messy real attitudes. And our insane drive to stay relevant and mean something to the world. AI will never think of a challenge for itself and find itself striving hard to conquer that summit.

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Featured Image: The screengrab from an AI Influencer who went viral for its Wimbledon posts in 2025. It’s a fake profile as mentioned on Mia Zelu account on Instagram that she’s “influencer-AI” / “digital storyteller”, yet many followers still treated it as real. :-(

Mia Zelu

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