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The appeal of AI girlfriends isn’t the AI — it’s that she can’t say no

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 13, 2026
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Men are turning to chatbots for romantic and sexual roleplay in rising numbers, and philosopher Isaac Shur thinks the reason has less to do with loneliness than with control. In a new essay for the American Philosophical Association’s blog, the Northwestern PhD candidate argues that what men actually want from an AI girlfriend…

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